Under current Canadian law, Canada does not restrict dual citizenship but Passport Canada encourages its citizens to travel abroad on their Canadian passport, so they can access Canadian consular services.

The two ex-Soviet other Baltic lands, Estonia and Latvia, with much larger Russian-speaking populations, are restricting full citizenship - including the right to vote in national elections - to people who were citizens before 1940 and their descendants.

A host of discriminatory laws similar to the anti-Chinese laws that sought to restrict trade, land ownership and citizenship were also enacted during this time.

What representations have the Government made about the new proposal, particularly in Latvia, to restrict citizenship to those whose descendants came from the Baltic states and to those who speak the Baltic languages?

Although Dutch law restricts dual citizenship, it is possible for Dutch subjects to legally hold dual citizenship in a number of circumstances, including:

The Liberian constitution restricts citizenship to only people of black African descent.

Bob Dole rejected a Republican proposal to restrict citizenship.

New laws restrict citizenship to Christians.

In Liberia, the constitution restricts citizenship to only people of black African descent.

Austrian law substantially restricts dual citizenship.