Can dual citizens be conscripted in case of war between US and Canada?

Question

How could the US or Canada conscript a dual citizen without making that person a traitor to the other country?And wouldn't a dual citizen conscripted in Canada be subject to the death penalty for treason in the US?

vednig · Accepted Answer

Being a dual citizen in any country you're subject to the laws and government regulations that are applicable on both countries unless an authority or a law responds you to a responsibility or any other implication it might have.
Henceforth you're subject to Lawsuits in both countries, Arrests in both countries by Any or All Agencies, but it also allow you to have a card under your sleeve, that you can surrender any one of them and stay legally in one anytime.
Also, if the two countries have extradition treaties you're subject to availability by one or both of the countries, if they require you on investigation.
In any of the case above happening sadly you can't request Asylum to the other as you're already their citizen. So, you're putting your self to be able to be extracted from foreign soil with or without permission in such a situation, I imagine.
As during war, there are a lot of things that are unstable, you might as well get away with it, if you choose to hide partial truth, based on the condition you're in. Also, I imagine then any paperwork of opposite country would not be valid in one country, unless they want to. Because war is deception, and your citizenship is stability on paper.

softwaredoug · Answer

I don&rsquo;t think they care when they conscript you if you&rsquo;re a traitor to the country they&rsquo;re at war with :)

marssaxman · Answer

I suppose the spy services might like to recruit them; it always helps to have operatives who are native speakers of the enemy's language.

namshe · Answer

If there is a "war" between the United States and Canada it's going to be extremely short. There would not be a need to conscript anybody for it.The United States would simply roll tanks and troops across the border, making it to Ottawa in fairly short order. Canada would then surrender, and the Stars and Stripes would be raised across all the provinces and territories. From there, Canada could consider itself officially annexed.

admissionsguy · Answer

It's an internment camp for you.

gizajob · Answer

They&rsquo;d be banished to the Great Concavity.

Can dual citizens be conscripted in case of war between US and Canada?

How could the US or Canada conscript a dual citizen without making that person a traitor to the other country?
And wouldn't a dual citizen conscripted in Canada be subject to the death penalty for treason in the US?

I don’t think they care when they conscript you if you’re a traitor to the country they’re at war with :)

I suppose the spy services might like to recruit them; it always helps to have operatives who are native speakers of the enemy's language.

It's an internment camp for you.

They’d be banished to the Great Concavity.