Expat Canadians deserve the right to vote in Federal Elections

It is our constitutional right!

I may live overseas, but I am still a Canadian. I deserve the right to vote.

What other country in the world does this????

10 years ago Featured

I was born Canadain and Candian I remain—I have no other citizenship. The US, Japan, France, and pretty much every other advanced democracy treats citizenship and the vote as sacrosanct—and the Charter makes it clear that voting is a fundamental right every *every* Canadian citizen.

I still pay taxes in Canada. Please restore my rights as a citizen.

Canadians should have the right to vote, even if they don't live here, because they could come home at any time. They still care about the country that they consider their home, and want to have a say in what happens there, because they see themselves living there again. As long as you are considered a Canadian citizen, you should have the right to vote in Canada!

if you are a Canadian you should have the right to vote in or out of Canada.

All citizens deserve the right to vote. Things done by the Canadian government affect us all and we need to have the right to vote to affect the changes we believe in.

I refuse to take dual citizenship. The idea of it makes me feel disloyal. I will always only be Canadian. Does living abroad make me a worse criminal than the criminals who are allowed to vote?

Voting is a right and a responsibility of being a Canadian citizen. No one should be able to take away endowed rights from responsible citizens that care about their country, regardless of where they live, especially when many citizens who do live there don't act on their rights or responsibilities to vote.

The right to vote is a basic right of citizenship. This should not even be up for discussion!

Absolutely! Canadian Citizens living abroad should have a voice in the political process and deserve the right to vote.

10 years ago Featured

An expatriate who WANTS to vote is more informed on the candidates and concerns than many people living here that don't bother to vote or be involved. With voter turn out so low why turn away Canadians who do want to vote.

I am a Canadian citizen and a citizen of no other country. How can it be possibly legal to prevent me from voting?

easier to read my opinion here https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/i-am-candian-rick-lewchuk/edit

Article 3 of the Constitution Act (1982) states that "Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein."

I am Canadian. It is my right!

Citizens have a right to vote, whether they choose to exercise it or not.

I AM CANADIAN

I do not live in Canada anymore (because of being an extended student doing a masters then phd abroad). I have only been abroad for four years, so technically I can still vote (and I will!), but this law is dehumanizing to me. I am not a citizen of another country, I still have to wait in immigration lines yearly and pay fees to stay in my host country, and I have not given up on my citizenship as a Canadian in the slightest. So, if I'm denied the right to vote... who am I? I keep in touch with current affairs. My grandparents, extended family, and friends still reside in Canada. I care deeply about my country and the direction in where it is heading. Unfortunately I do not think I will be returning to Canada in the next few years, but it is due to person and professional reasons that I cannot foreseeably change. I would like to raise my children in my home country, and I would like to help shape the future of Canada. Lastly: I think it is a basic democratic right of a Canadian citizen to be allowed to vote.