Category talk:Canadians

Alec Pomeroy
Now that I think of it, was Alec Pomeroy's nationality Canadian? Canada's nationl government was defunct when he was born and had not reasserted itself as of the end of the story. He lived his whole life, at least as much as we know of it, in territory permanently administered by the US--though it certainly wasn't US territory, and, notwithstanding the courts' willingness to extend to Moss's clients Constitutional rights (which our civilian courts are obligated to do for anyone over whom they claim jurisdiction, regardless of nationality) they certainly weren't Americans. The AE and SA maps ("Occupied Canada") are, of course, somewhat less than helpful in clarifying the question.

Suppose, for instance, a Canadian of this era were traveling abroad. What passport would he carry? Not a Canadian one, certainly; no consular officials to issue it. Not a British one; the US authorities would never allow it. Not an American one; those are reserved for full citizens. In practice, since Canada was under martial law, the permission of the martial authorities must have been a prerequisite leaving Canada. If the US government was willing to sign off on the trip, they'd doubtless be willing to issue a laissez passer on an as-needed basis, but that doesn't answer the deeper question. What were Canadians at this time? Stateless persons? (We were trying to establish a Stateless Persons category a while back, weren't we?) Turtle Fan 05:35, December 10, 2010 (UTC)