Tag Archives: Citizenship
Switching teams
Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Kenny.
Watching the winter Olympics these last two weeks, I’ve noticed something that I’ve found really strange… even a little disturbing. I’m not sure I even know how I feel about it, perhaps you can help me process.
So, a handful of athletes at this Olympics from a variety of countries have switched national teams in order to compete. There are some athletes not quite good enough to make their national team, so they’ve been granted dual-citizenship with another country so they can compete for their team. It seems to be a win-win, the athlete gets to compete at the Olympic level and the other country gets a stronger athlete than what they have available.
This happens in other places too. Athletes switch teams at times for a better opportunity.… Read the rest
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Want to be a Canadian? Maybe you can?
Posted on 21. Apr, 2009 by Kenny.
This is in honor of my Canadian friends Sam and Henry.
I found this on the Wall Street Journal the other day. Apparently Canada wants to make it be easier to become a Canadian.
The video is awesome! I think I’d love to wake up like this at least one time in my life.
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