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Dual citizenship? Piffle! Are we not men of the world? As Civitatensis discovers, the Liberal Party only scorns and shuns those who hold an alien political philosophy:

To be eligible for membership in the Party, a person must -

(a) be at least 14 years of age;
(b) support the purposes of the Party; [Power, baby, POWER -- ed.]
(c) ordinarily live in Canada;
(d) not be a member of any other federal political party in Canada [emphasis added]

None of that filthy "diversity" here, thank you very much.

I'm not registered as a Conservative, so I decided to find out what the criteria for joining is:

To become a member of the Conservative Party of Canada you must:

Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
Actively support the founding principles of the Conservative Party of Canada
Be at least 14 years of age

In fact, the Conservatives generically seem quite open to outsiders. The Alberta Tories, in the vote to replace Ralph Klein, sold $5 memberships to anyone who wanted one. A good many were reportedly bought by Liberals and NDs in an Anybody-But-Ted-Morton drive.

I didn't bother researching the NDP's membership requirements; as far as I know, there's only one inviolable rule: That you are certifiably insane.