Dual citizenship

I think this is a good start. There are so many Canadians who hold dual or multi citizenship. However, some permanent residents have been held back from applying for Canadian citizenship or some Japanese Canadians or Korean Canadians have hesitated to openly admit that they are holding Canadian citizenship as well.

One of my Korean friends had been a permanent resident in Canada for more than a decade. After a long consideration and dilemma himself, he recently applied for Canadian citizenship and became Canadian. He is still hodling his Korean citizenship until the time he needs to renew his Korean passport or sometime soon.

After living in Canada for a long time, he has committed to the Canadian society in different aspects of his life. Canada is his new country and Korea is his country of origin. There is no better or worse. He loves both countries. Of course there are some parts that he does not like about both countries. However, allowing such people to have dual citizenship would give both countries more benefits and prosperity.

I aslo understand that this costs coutries a lot of money as well. There are lots of Canadians who return to their countries of origin, reside yhrtr and captured by other countries or by other partners abroad request the Canadian government for help.

I am Japanese and I don't want to lose my Japanese citizenship. Neither do my future children. It's not just a privilega you enjoy, but it's more a matter of IDENTITY.

南部さんノーベル賞きっかけ　二重国籍容認を議論
2008年11月16日 朝刊

　自民党は二重国籍取得を容認するかどうかの議論に本格的に着手した。ノーベル物理学賞の受賞が決まった南部陽一郎・米シカゴ大名誉教授が米国籍を取得したことで日本国籍を失ったことなどを重視。国籍法改正を視野に有識者を交えた協議を重ねる方針だ。

　南部氏は文部科学省によるノーベル賞の国別、分野別受賞者数の集計でも、受賞時の国籍を理由に日本でなく、米国に計上された。同党内ではこうした事態を踏まえ、「日本国籍喪失はもったいない。二重国籍を認めた方が、日本人が世界で活躍しやすい」など、法改正の動きが具体化した。

　また、国際結婚などで、二重国籍者は毎年三万人規模のペースで増える一方、選択後の届け出状況などの実態把握が難しくなっていることも国籍法見直しにつながる背景になった。

　十一日に開かれた同党法務部会の国籍問題プロジェクトチーム（ＰＴ）では、二十二歳までにどちらかの国籍を選択し、二重国籍を解消しなければならない国籍法を改正し、二重国籍を認め、本籍地での申請を義務付ける河野太郎座長の私案が示された。

　私案では、皇族や国会議員、閣僚、外交官、自衛隊の士官、裁判官の外国籍保有は禁止している。

http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/politics/news/CK2008111602000111.html