Expat Canadians deserve the right to vote in Federal Elections

I served in the Royal Canadian Air Force for 10 years. I served with a major Canadian city police service for 18 1/2 years. I now live in Mexico and because of that I have had the right to vote in Canadian elections taken away from while convicts in prison are given a right to vote. Where is the fairness in this. I want the right to vote in Canadian elections. I am a Canadian and always will be.

I served Canada in the Royal Canadian Navy. I did NOT fight for other's rights, only to lose my own, and become a 2nd class citizen!

A Canadian passport or birth certificate should be all that is required.

As I hold dual citizenship (naturalized US), I am appalled that the country where I was born now considers me not Canadian enough. My US citizenship allows me to vote in any American federal election wherever I am on the Earth. Perhaps I need to now stop cheering for Team Canada since I am now legally a second class citizen according to PM Harper and his elected cronies?

Another unbelievable blow to democracy. :(

I have lived outside of Canada for 20 years. My parents, brother and sister all still live there. I visit home (Nova Scotia) 3 to 4 times a year. I keep up with current Canadian affairs, continue to subscribe to Canadian magazines and I keep up with the CBC on line. I feel very strongly that Canada is my country and I care very deeply what happens to my country and my fellow citizens. It has always been my hope to return to Canada to live and I hope that when I do it is still the great country I left in 1995 to find work. Thank you.

I'm a Canadian citizen living in Australia, and I should be allowed to vote because: 1. My family and friends all live in Canada, the laws affect the people that I love 2. Because I can come back to Canada whenever I choose 3. Because my father was in the armed forces and air force for over 30 years fighting for ALL Canadian citizens and their rights and freedoms, including mine. 3. Because the Charter Of Rights And Freedoms gives all citizens the right to vote 4. Because I still follow the news and politics in Canada, and yet people who live in Canada who have no idea what's going on in their country now have more of a right to vote then I do 5. Because taking away voting rights is undemocratic.

The longer I have been out of Canada the more I think it is a great country to belong to.

The longer I have been out of Canada the more I think it is a great country to belong to.

The longer I have been out of Canada the more I think it is a great country to belong to.

Imposing a time limit on voting rights for Canadian citizens out of the country is wrong and arbitrary. It is likely unconstitutional and should be taken to the Supreme Court of Canada.

I was born in Canada. Grew up in Canada. Educated in Canada. Contribute to Canadian culture around the world. Yet I cannot vote. This has to change

grrrrrrr.

I am proud Canadian and always will be.

I am proud Canadian and always will be.

I am Canadian it is my right!

If these expats have retained their citizenship then they should have the right to vote.

Outrageous

Born in Canada and will always be a Canadian citizen. I disagree with the decision to overturn the ruling that had restored the right of expats to vote.

I was born in Canada and I am a Canadian citizen. I demand the right to exercise my constitutional right.