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		danudey on July 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Canada's Start-up Visa I'm not sure what benefit this gets them though, other than being able to travel on a Canadian passport and receive help from Canadian embassies when abroad. It's not as though one gets access to Canadian social programs when overseas.

techsupporter on July 23, 2013 [–]

Possible reasons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadians_of_convenience

(Having no dog in this hunt as I'm not Canadian nor do I have any claim on Canadian citizenship or permanent residence, much as I'd like to.)

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