Ont .,: Carr and American

ont .,: Carr, whose mother hails from Stratford, Ont., says he has applied for Canadian citizenship as insurance against Trump's hardline immigration policy, according to Guelph Mercury. As a longtime permanent resident of Canada, the transition to dual citizenship is in some sense a formality, but has nonetheless taken a toll on Carr, who sees being American as part of his identity. For nearly 30 years, Steve Carr has straddled the 49th parallel as an American citizen working in Canada, but the California-native says Trump's election pushed him to seek citizenship north of the border. I am a patriotic American ... My way of assessing things is heavily tied up with American history, says Carr. Carr has flirted with becoming a naturalized citizen since moving to Newfoundland for a teaching gig in 1987 but, in a streak of American independence, says he couldn't bring himself to pledge loyalty to a British monarch in the mandatory Oath of Citizenship. I am, at this point, a refugee, and things might go quite bad very quickly. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.