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NickHTK said:
One would want to talk to Foreign Affairs about the legalities of working in the "mercenary industry" as it relates to ones citizenship. Used to be they stripped it as fast as they could.
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We're not talking about the "mercenary industry" we're talking about the security industry.
 
Strangeday said:
BTW.....for the glory hounds....all my guys had their life insurance cancelled and health benefits to boot. One guy is having some real problems with his bank as the life insurance on his mortgage is no longer valid..
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Reputable companies have good insurance policies included in the contract, so they shouldn't even need their Canadian insurance except when on leave.

All DoD contractors are required under the Defense Base Act to provide their contractors with coverage in case of injury or death.
 
Big_Red said:
Reputable companies have good insurance policies included in the contract, so they shouldn't even need their Canadian insurance except when on leave.

All DoD contractors are required under the Defense Base Act to provide their contractors with coverage in case of injury or death.
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Their are lots of stories out there about even the reputable companies coverage not coming through when tested. Strangeday what areas does your company's insurance cover?
 
NickHTK said:
One would want to talk to Foreign Affairs about the legalities of working in the "mercenary industry" as it relates to ones citizenship. Used to be they stripped it as fast as they could.
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:confused::bsFlag: If you are born in Canada you are Canadian forever unless you choose to give it up.
 
Considering most insurance companies have reputations of giving customers problems with serious claims, I guess it's not a stretch to think that doing contract work overseas in a comabt zone might prove problematic with regards to filing insurance claims. Even if you have that kind of specific coverage, well it's different from having to actually file the claim.
 
:) when i say for a good "reality check" i'm not meaning for myself - I'd only be interested in security work as a way to get some excitement out of life - and it's quite iffy if the Canadian military will even stay or do anything to help the people over there past 2009
 
MPI said:
:confused::bsFlag: If you are born in Canada you are Canadian forever unless you choose to give it up.
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These guys say that now it is virtually impossible to have your citizenship stripped unless it can be proved that you obtained it fraudulently.
http://www.mapleleafweb.com/features/general/citizenship/canada-first-citizenship-act.html

But in the original act (1947 until 1977) there were provisions for having your citizenship revoked for serving in a foreign military, which we all know isn't necessarily contractor work. Just answering buddy's "question" about mercenary work.http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/cp/cp09e.pdf
 
well theres alot of canadians that join the british forces there are some that join the french legion and the spanish legion and i don't hear of these people getting there citizenship revoked i think the only way is to pull a conrad
 
With the FFL, you can use an alias too, as to prevent any legal issues from arising. As for the British Forces, we're still Commonwealth, so wouldn't that have something to do with not getting the ol' citizenship revoked?
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but actions that you do abroad can still affect you in your home country, or am I erroneous? I was told by a lawyer about that when I got my passport verified several years ago. Or have the laws changed since?
 
Part of the CPA ruling in Iraq was to make contractors immune from Iraq law and put the onus on the country that the individual has the passport from.
Now the Iraqi gov't is getting ready to change parts of that -- currently some offences will be tried in Iraqi court (at this time I think the only thing the US DOD has allowed is allegations of rape) -- however in Afghan the gov't makes it clear they will deal with contractors that step outside the Rules of Force --- to a point the US DOD in Iraq is now making a clear difference between RUF for contractors and ROE for the military...

Times are changing.

Being involved in a Mercenary force or a Force that is counter to polcies of the Canadian Government is still illegal -- so joining Al-Qeada etc is illegal (well except if your name is Kadhr :rolleyes:)
But private security work is not mercenary work - and that has been re-affirmed repeatedly despite what some of the illinformed and ignorant try to screetch
 
That makes clearer sense. Thanks for the follow-up. I was basically told "Don't do over there what you wouldn't do over here". That, of course, doesn't apply in Amsterdam :D
 
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