50,000 'Canadians' In Lebannon?

[mikedavid00]

I think it took everyone by suprise that there are so many with citizenship waltzing around their home country. Why do we allow dual citizenship anyway?

I mean.. Italy is taking 400 people back. There are very few even going back to France.. but 50,000 Canadians???? What the hell is that??

I have to defend the country of Lebanon somewhat. The country (like many others and our own country soon to come) suffered an influx and mass migration of Muslims from Seria and Iran.

Lebanon *used* to be a Christian majority country and was one time colonized by France. French used to be the second language in Lebanon actually. I imagine it's English now.

But due to mass migration and a weak gov't (like Canada), too many came too fast, and what was once a peaceful nation grew to be an islamic majority with terrorists controlling parts of the country.

Look at Pakistan, Bangledesh, Chechnya, and many other parts of the world where regions of a country has become islamic and you will see the same pattern.

Do these Christian-Lebanese look like muslim arabs to you?

I've been listening to the radio and Lebanese will call in with names 'Omar' and 'Mohammad' and such. These are Iranian migrated muslims - not traditional Lebanese.

It's unfortunate this happened to that country. And when the masses of Muslims cames as refugees, Lebanon was nice enough to let them in. Too bad they created a civil war and messed up the country which is now going to be known as an 'Islamic Arab' country.

[jbg]

I'll repeat what I've said elsewhere; the Muslims are blowing the best chance they've had to become world citizens. Enough outrages like September 11, Lockerbie, the rocket attacks on Haifa, pizza parlour attacks and the civilized world (remember that term from the days before Trudeau-era political correctness) will strike back and hard. Very hard.

[August1991]

During the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1992) many Lebanese emigrated to Canada. Since 1992, many have returned to Lebanon to live. In addition, the Lebanese have learned that having a Canadian passport is valuable because it makes travel abroad easier (fewer required visas for crossing borders) and is good to have in places like Lebanon now: departure is easier.

I suspect there are more Canadian citizens living in Israel than in Lebanon, but I don't know. Canadian Embassies abroad keep registries but these are notoriously inaccurate.

Canada's current citizenship law, drafted by Trudeau, is exceptionally liberal. Anyone born on Canadian soil is automatically a Canadian citizen (the only exception is children of diplomats; many foreign women come to Canada to give birth for this reason alone). Any child born anywhere in the world with one Canadian citizen parent is automatically a Canadian citizen. (Imagine the possible fraud in this case.) To obtain Canadian citizenship, an immigrant requires only three years residency in Canada (not the same as a physical presence in Canada). Dual citizenship is allowed (as most countries do - the alternative is unenforceable).

In the past 30 years, the Canadian passport - considered as a "brand" - has undergone a remarkable change. This change is of course exponential. I think Trudeau genuinely wanted to foster a world without borders. The idea is admirable but impractical and ultimately self-defeating.