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#100
Elop may have been born a Canadian citizen...
but he is far far far from the Canadian norm. as a citizen.

I don't know how he has managed to retain his citizenship (if indeed he has) since he's lived in his estate in Seattle since 2008.

According to our country's terms for dual citizenship...you must spend x-many months living in Canada at your permanent residence if you wish to maintain citizenship. And the American gov't (unlike many countries in the world today) frowns mightily on an American citizen keeping dual-citizenship.

I think Nokia was taken by a Canadian by the accident of geographical birth ...but hardly by a Canadian citizen.
As a norm our citizenry doesn't think very highly of Canadians who leave their country for California...or Florida...or Barbados ..or Fiji.
Back in the day...we used to have Senators (appointed for life) simply living out of country in warmer climes while collecting wages for jobs they were not present for.
We have a very low opinion of people who "call" themselves Canadian without living here.

The Finnish people and Nokia were taken by an impersonator...an imposter ..plain and simple. His behaviour all around is more New York cut-throat wall street than Ontario born Hamiltonian.

In the end though ...the shareholders who wanted blood money everyone should be blaming...they are the ones who brought everything to an end...for their own Company and their own employees...
Elop may have been an ugly creature and portrayed as much too.
But the shareholders who brought him in are vastly vastly more despicable.
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