Here we see the way the Trudeau government roll– as in, they will do anything to win the upcoming federal election. All his fake refugees get better healthcare than Canadians do, while they put a strain on all our public services and contribute little. (I mention this because such dual citizens seem to be the focus of some conservative defences of the law.) What he is doing is not sustainable. I still owned my property and still paid taxes in Canada so yes I did expect to be allowed to vote and have a say! Illegal migrants are just “irregular border crossers”. In any case, I have the right to vote in this election, and I look forward to exercising it on October 19th. I will gladly exercise my new right to help boot the boy PM out of office! I’m not a liberal ex-pat. Expats voting, this is insane, why would they have a say in the lives of canadians paying taxes. Surely that could only enrich our democracy. How to solve the problem of diving in soccer. Being Canadian used to count for something, now it means chite.There is a so much to clean up come October , people don’t realize how this Fed Government put us on the brink of Bankruptcy .Think of the Country as your household would you borrow 256 Million and give it to China the third richest Country in the world . Then the time restriction prevented me doing so again. I agree here. There are 2.8 million of them according to govt. Citizens with non-residents status are those who don’t have any financial ties to Canada, no properties in Canada and not paying tax to Canadian government. It’s not non-citizens, it is ex-patriots. Even our kids born abroad have the papers as proud Canadian citizens. The piece by Blain Neufeld initially appeared on his own blog. Where in the article does it say that? Harpers law was that if you have lived outside Cda for more than 5 years you CANNOT VOTE. Says “diversity is our greatest strength” but his divisiveness tears us apart. It absolutely does not mean that a non-citizen can vote. We need mandated FREE votes, and electing 338 Independent of Party MPs in October would insure its’ repeal! How do we get rid of the traitor Trudeau and for good. Vancouver, British Columbia, Oh Canada! In any case, as I mentioned earlier, the ‘impact’ or ‘profundity of effect’ justification for denying non-resident citizens the right to vote is irrelevant. This is a common practice. I still am Canadian at heart and still care deeply about what happens to in Canada. Given his fame, though, it has prompted further public discussion (e.g., this episode of CBC Radio’s ‘The Current’ [the host of which is terrible, but the first two guests have intelligent things to say]). Cities and provinces are paying millions for “refugees” to stay in hotels and the federal govt. Mark MacKinnon, a journalist for The Globe and Mail, makes a solid case that the Court’s reasoning is misguided in his opinion piece, “I am Canadian – but now not as much as I used to be.”  A piece at Rabble.ca by Raksha Vasudevan also does a decent job in rebutting the Court’s claim that the laws and policies of the federal government have no significant impact on the lives of non-residents. I beg to differ. Like Voter integrity be damned. Now one difficulty for defending the right of non-resident Canadians to vote concerns the role of ‘ridings’ (electoral districts) in the Canadian parliamentary system. He‘s screwed up immigration. The key issue was whether the infringement was justifiable. Only a vote of confidence within Parliament can impeach a Canadian prime minister. Forgot Alberta was a province. The minister of immigration actively and quietly attempted to remove protections of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) from the Canadian citizenship guide, which HAD he succeeded would have provided a lawful excuse under current Canadian laws for practitioners of this crime on humanity to never face sentencing or punishment if they performed it here. I pay taxes in Canada and have not been able to vote for a decade. Just because it’s under the banner of Toronto Sun, doesn’t automatically make it reliable news! Further to this mess from Trujoke you won’t need to show your ID when you vote. Not non-citizen, non-resident! Only those who maintain their Canadian citizenship can. ILLEGAL imagrants can now vote for this twat waffle…. Says that a proposed pipeline must consider “the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors” (what does that even mean???) What are the benefits of being on the International Register of Electors? After I first moved to Texas 7 years ago I was able to vote as a non-resident for one federal election. Thanks Phil. He blew the deal with China. Expats,who are Canadian citizens living abroad, brought the legal action. Don’t listen to idiots like Somalian immigration minister Ahmed Hussen. And he can hang with Hillary and Bill and all the other corrupted billionaires and plot more devistation on the world! Lets Terrorists keep their Canadian citizenship. According to the Court’s social contract reasoning, if non-resident citizens have a role in shaping the laws, despite not being affected significantly by them, the social contract is ‘eroded.’ So while the Court recognized that the right to vote is based on citizenship, it referred to the idea of a social contract – the ‘impact’ rationale that I criticized – in order to determine which citizens should be able to exercise effectively that right, and which citizens should not (that is, which citizens’ rights should be overridden). HQ in Vancouver, BC, Oh Canada! But I’ll have to think more about this. Non-citizens cannot vote in federal elections in Canada. Get yer tin foil hats boys, treau-dope is gonna start putting mind control chemicals in that there devils lettuce to make us all start voting liberal. We lived outside Canada during the Harper gov’t, never had a problem voting. The laws of the Canada directly affect these interests. The Canadian government argued that the limitation of voting rights was justified under Section 1 of the Canadian Charter, which allows for constitutional rights to be curtailed in a “reasonable” and “minimally impairing” manner if there is a strong policy reason for doing so. Such a cynical and disgusting way to influence the results of an election. I moved my family out of Alberta thanks the healthcare reform and Ralph Klein in 1994. Now, I agree that the Court of Appeal’s decision is a travesty, and I also think that Justice Laskin’s dissent is, to say the least, strong. Justin knows 90% of ex-patriots will vote Lie-beral. Every new project has to undergo strict environmental assessments…except cement plants in Quebec. It absolutely does not mean that a non-citizen can vote. You can’t be a non-citizen. He’s ridiculous. . Someone can walk in with photo ID and a hydro bill, and be placed on the voters’ list with absolutely NO check or balance regarding citizenship. I’m not voting for this man. I’m sorry, are we talking about illegal immigrants or Canadian citizens. Just how do you control or scrutinize voters that have lived outside of Canada for more than 5 years with zero intention of ever returning? In fact, he has based his entire political career on it. The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday struck down a restrictive law that prevented Canadian citizens living outside the country from casting ballots in national elections. THE PRIME MINISTER IS GUILTY OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM AS WELL WHEREAS: It is NOT non citizens..it IS non residents which means Canadians who are presently not living in Canada. Plus paid over $17,000 to Vikram Vij, a chef from Vancouver to prepare a meal for a meeting in New Delhi. Central to the decision by the Ontario Court of Appeals is its claim that non-resident citizens should not be able to vote because the laws of the government of Canada do not affect their lives significantly, unlike the lives of resident citizens. Thinks Canada is 100 years old instead of 150. Photo ID was not required to vote in 2015. If you are a Canadian citizen living abroad you likely still pay Canadian taxes, own property in Canada, have a Canadian bank account and other interest in Canada. Bill C76 would never meet the light of day or have been passed without the consent of Canadians! Next time I’m in court, my brother is going to be my lawyer, my uncle the prosecutor and my momma the judge. But many non-residents don’t have a riding in any meaningful sense. Most expats will have friends and family in Canada. to vote so voter integrity has been compromised. I can explain more about how the anti-immigrant undertones in this “article” have absolutely nothing to do with Bill C-76, if you’d like. Screws up our trade relations with our most important trade partner because he failed to stop Chinese steel from flowing through to the states and he won’t give up supply management which hurts Canadian consumers. Compared returning ISIS terrorists to Italian immigrants and says they will be an extraordinary powerful voice for Canada. The law allows a Canadian citizen living in another country to vote in Canadian elections. Is the 5th Circuit En Banc Opinion a Bad Call or Have the Treasury and FHFA Perpetrated a Fraud on the Court in Collins v. Mnuchin? Or would you try to save some money to pay off your debt of 20 billion dollars .This kind of thinking is ridiculous , and you must be an idiot to let it happen.