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CRUZ AS CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER
Ted Cruz’ s eligibility for the Presidency has been questioned by Donald Trump.
Rafael Edward“ Ted” Cruz, born in 1970 to cuban Rafael Bienvenido Cruz and U. S. born Eleanor Elizabeth Wilson in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is the current junior U. S. Senator from Texas and current 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate.
For weeks now there has been an outrage over whether Cruz is legally eligible to serve as President, with varying legal scholars and sources offering varying opinions on the matter.
It all stems from the rather vague wording of the Constitution on exactly who can hold the office. The Constitution states that anyone“ over the age of 35, having been a resident of the U. S. for 14 years and a natural born citizen” is eligible to become President.
The wording of the phrase“ natural-born citizen” is where the debate lies; as it is unclear whether
that pertains to being exclusively born on U. S. soil, or being born to parents who are U. S. citizens.
The common sentiment among his many detractors at this point is that he should drop out of the race and run for Prime Minister of Canada, but just how well would his policies work there?
Well, he is against the corporate income tax, and Canada put into legislation a bill ending federal capital taxes in the country. In certain places, the state has opted to put this procedure in place for all corporations.
“ A Natural Born Citizen?”
Common Core education is another issue Cruz feels strongly about, opposing the education standards placed on states from the Federal Government. Canada does not have de facto“ Common Core” policies, but their Discovery Learning policies have been equated to just that.
Canada’ s policies on illegal immigration are more lax and friendly towards immigrants than in the U. S., and they nationally
20 support same-sex marriage- two issues Cruz might find himself tackling if he were Prime Minister.
He has stated before he believes marriage is between a man and a woman, and his views on abortion also match closely with Canada’ s own.
His policies on Gun laws would be
interesting too, with him advocating for less restrictions on firearm laws, and Canada being adamantly the opposite. They place restrictions on magazine capacity, ammunition types and storage, among others. With the direction of the 2016 Presidential Race going in Trump’ s favor, if Cruz can’ t pick up support and overcome him in the primaries, pundits wonder if he might be better concentrating his resources towards gearing up for the next election for Prime Minister of Canada, in 2019. Billing himself as“ the last true Conservative” in the race, he should have no problem rising to prominence in Canada’ s Conservative Party and going head to head with current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the opportunity to become chief of the country he was proudly born in.
— PLM Contributor