Unless you're claiming 7 billion people in the world were born in Canada, the most distinguishing fact about these two is obviously not that their parents pretended to be Canadian.
Not at all. I'm claiming that 7 billion people are not Canadian citizens due to the circumstances of their birth.
Then, as I said, the most distinguishing fact about these two is obviously not that their parents pretended to be Canadian.
There really is no point in arguing this since you believe the circumstances of someone born in Canada, raised to some extent in Canada, and having an affinity with Canada are analogous to someone who doesn't even know Canada exists, like a large proportion of that 7 billion you talk about.
BTW, did you edit your other post? Not that it changes anything, but I don't remember it saying "victims of not being born Canadian citizens" when I replied.
To be legit, that's at least two separate people coincidentally downvoting the same day old posts at the same time, on a Page 5 submission.
> it was discovered that they had never been Canadian citizens in the first place. Their parents lied to them and told them that they were Canadians
You misunderstood a key fact from the article: They were born in Canada.
"You are probably a Canadian citizen if you were born in Canada", according to:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules/index.asp
where "probably" means there are very obscure exceptions that only a bureaucrat can dream up.
This means diplomats, ambassadors, and other staff working in embassies etc. They get immunity from Canada's laws, and usually taxes, but in return get no benefits from being there. They aren't considered residents of Canada.