How would that work in practice? Cancel citizenship if you serve in US/Israeli/foreign military? Arrest and fines or prison, if you return to Canada after serving in one of them? If it was illegal, what would the enforcement be and what would the penalties be? The question is too abstract.
I don’t disagree that serving in the U.S. military at the moment should be considered treason, and probably also terrorism. Serving in some others should be considered terrorism, at least.
As per the article, we already have laws about this. It just doesn’t come up that often.
Under the Foreign Enlistment Act, Canadians are only prohibited from fighting for non-state forces, designated terrorist organizations and militaries of states that are at war with a Canadian ally.
14 Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Act is liable
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard labour, or to both fine and imprisonment; or
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, or to both fine and imprisonment.
Along with other consequences, I didn’t have a chance to read it all. I would imagine that they’d also face:
Treason is a separate offense under the criminal code
Treason
(2) Every one who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
Sabotage
52 (1) Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who does a prohibited act with the intent to endanger
Sabotage — essential infrastructure
52.1 (1) Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction who interferes with access to an essential infrastructure or causes an essential infrastructure to be lost, inoperable, unsafe or unfit for use with the intent to
Sabotage — device
52.2 (1) Every person commits an offence who makes, possesses, sells or distributes a device intending that it be used or knowing that it will be used, in whole or in part, to carry out an offence under subsection 52(1) or 52.1(1).
(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years; or
Pointing this out because working for terrorists is less severe than working against Canada as defined by law.
How would that work in practice? Cancel citizenship if you serve in US/Israeli/foreign military? Arrest and fines or prison, if you return to Canada after serving in one of them? If it was illegal, what would the enforcement be and what would the penalties be? The question is too abstract.
I don’t disagree that serving in the U.S. military at the moment should be considered treason, and probably also terrorism. Serving in some others should be considered terrorism, at least.
As per the article, we already have laws about this. It just doesn’t come up that often.
https://lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-28/FullText.html
Along with other consequences, I didn’t have a chance to read it all. I would imagine that they’d also face:
That fine and jail term are severely out of balance.
I suspect it hasn’t been amended to keep the punitive nature of the fine more in line with the imprisonment for many decades.
Treason is a separate offense under the criminal code
Treason
Sabotage
Sabotage — essential infrastructure
Sabotage — device
Pointing this out because working for terrorists is less severe than working against Canada as defined by law.
If dual citizen get Canadian citizenship revoked. Not sure about single citizenship arrest them if they come back to Canada I guess.