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The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.

Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.

America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.

America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.

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55% Of Canadians Think Serving In U.S. Military Should Be Illegal (www.readthemaple.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca

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[–] tangeli@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How would that work in practice? Cancel citizenship if you serve in US/Israeli/foreign military? Arrest and fines or prison, if you return to Canada after serving in one of them? If it was illegal, what would the enforcement be and what would the penalties be? The question is too abstract.

I don't disagree that serving in the U.S. military at the moment should be considered treason, and probably also terrorism. Serving in some others should be considered terrorism, at least.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

As per the article, we already have laws about this. It just doesn't come up that often.

Under the Foreign Enlistment Act, Canadians are only prohibited from fighting for non-state forces, designated terrorist organizations and militaries of states that are at war with a Canadian ally.

https://lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-28/FullText.html

Punishment

14 Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Act is liable

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, with or without hard labour, or to both fine and imprisonment; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour, or to both fine and imprisonment.

Along with other consequences, I didn't have a chance to read it all. I would imagine that they'd also face:

losing security clearances
criminal charges related to spying/sabotage

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

That fine and jail term are severely out of balance.

I suspect it hasn't been amended to keep the punitive nature of the fine more in line with the imprisonment for many decades.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If dual citizen get Canadian citizenship revoked. Not sure about single citizenship arrest them if they come back to Canada I guess.