I still think CRA (Canada) is worse than IRS. They really think they own you in serfdom. While you do not have to renounce citizenship to avoid taxation, you have to beg your freedom from the CRA when you leave otherwise you are deemed resident and pay taxes on world income. The rules for residency is literally as they please. If you are given your freedom, your assets/house/etc are taxed on exit in a “deemed disposition” at market value. And they have the so-called “grand avoidance rule”/GAR empowering them to still tax you if they see fit. US might be complex but rules, as complex as might be, are clear.
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