Canada and the 2016 United States presidential election

So far Canada has played a very minor role in the upcoming US presidential election. However, it is playing an ongoing role in the 2016 Republican primaries.

Ted Cruz controversy

Republican candidate Ted Cruz was born in Canada and is a former citizen of Canada. Some legal scholars believe that he is not a natural born American, and as such, is not qualified to become president.[1] Candidate Donald Trump believes the Democratic Party will pursue litigation should Cruz win the nomination.[2]

Donald Trump

Several petitions, including one from Canadian advocacy group Leadnow, have called for Donald Trump to be banned from entering Canada.[3] A similar petition in the United Kingdom prompted a debate in the British Parliament about whether to ban Trump in that country. The Leadnow petition, which condemns Trump's remarks against Muslims as "jaw-dropping and incredibly dangerous," has collected over 15,000 signatures.[3] An online rumor that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had already banned Trump was discredited by several sources, including Snopes.[4] A poll by Insights West has found that most Canadians give Trump low marks, with 67 percent believing he would be "bad for Canada."[5]

A survey of Trump-related Twitter posts by digital analysis firm Luminoso found that in August and September 2015 (shortly after Trump announced his White House bid), 4% of those tweets were from Americans threatening to move to another country if Trump won.[6] Among them, 25,000 wanted to move to Canada.[6] The only more popular destination was Mexico.

Keystone XL

The GOP field is regarded as pro-Keystone XL.[7] The proposed pipeline would transport oil from Canada to refineries based near the Gulf Coast of the United States. Many Republican candidates have said that they would authorize construction of the pipeline. However, in the fall of 2015, President Obama rejected the proposed pipeline.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jacobs, Ben. "Harvard scholar: Ted Cruz's citizenship, eligibility for president ‘unsettled’". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "6th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Mandel, Charles. "Trump's anti-Muslim comments trigger Leadnow calls for ban on Donald's Canada travel." National Observer. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  4. ↑ Evon, Dan. "No, Canada: A fake news article claimed that Canadian prime minister justin Trudeau had banned Donald Trump from entering Canada." Snopes. 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  5. ↑ Grenier, Éric. "President Donald Trump would be bad for Canada, Canadians suggest in new poll." CBC News. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  6. 1 2 Singer, Paul. "If Donald Trump wins, what country would you flee to?" USA Today. 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  7. 1 2 Rocco, Matthew. "Keystone Pipeline: What the GOP Candidates Are Saying". Fox Business. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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