Editing Andrew Scheer (section)

===Dual citizenship===
Scheer is a [[Dual citizenship|dual citizen]], holding Canadian and U.S. citizenship, which he obtained through his American-born father.<ref name="neverasked">{{cite news|url=https://election.ctvnews.ca/andrew-scheer-has-dual-canadian-u-s-citizenship-party-confirms-1.4623024|title=Andrew Scheer has dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship, party confirms|date=3 October 2019|access-date=3 October 2019|publisher=CTV News|agency=CTV News}}</ref><ref name="neveraskedagain">{{cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5987332/andrew-scheer-dual-citizenship/|title=Scheer says he never tried to hide dual Canada-U.S. citizenship|last=Connolly|first=Amanda|date=3 October 2019|access-date=4 October 2019|publisher=Global News}}</ref> Scheer confirmed that he has filed U.S. tax returns and the party verified that he is registered for [[Conscription in the United States|the draft]] under the [[Selective Service System|U.S. Selective Service System]], which is a list of individuals who can be conscripted into the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] in the event of a national emergency.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/andrew-scheer-draft-us-selective-service-1.5309002/|title=Andrew Scheer is registered for selective service – the U.S. agency that runs the military draft|last=Tasker|first=John Paul|date=4 October 2019|access-date=4 October 2019|publisher=CBC News}}</ref> Scheer denied that he had been hiding this information, but rather stated that he had never been asked about his dual citizenship, nor about having an American-born parent, before the information was revealed by ''The Globe and Mail'' during the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019 federal election campaign]].<ref name="neverasked" /><ref name="neveraskedagain" /> During the election campaign he indicated that he was in the process of [[Renunciation of citizenship|renouncing]] his American citizenship,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/conservative-leader-andrew-scheer-acknowledges-holding-u-s-citizenship/article_6411e38f-de55-5314-be87-599950d1a226.html |title=Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer acknowledges holding U.S. citizenship  |last=Boutilier |first=Alex |newspaper=The Toronto Star |date=2019-10-03 |accessdate=2024-05-04}}</ref> but following the campaign in May 2020, he announced that he no longer plans to renounce his American citizenship, as he will not be prime minister.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zimonjic |first=Peter |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/andrew-scheer-walks-back-us-pledge-1.5576006 |title=Scheer says he won't renounce U.S. citizenship because he won't be prime minister |work=[[CBC News]] |date=May 19, 2020 |access-date=May 19, 2020 }}</ref>