I am Canadian – but now not as much as I used to be
Mark MacKinnon | Kanata, Ont.
The Globe and Mail | Friday, Jul. 24, 2015
On Monday, I lost my right to vote in the next federal election. So did some 1.4 million other Canadians, many of whom moved abroad to pursue their careers.They are aid workers, teachers, business people, entertainers. More than a few names on Canada’s Walk of Fame were just deprived of part of their Canadian-ness because they followed their careers across a border...
...It’s hard to understand why the government and now the Ontario Court of Appeal felt it necessary to again disenfranchise those Canadians who happen to live beyond the country’s borders...The law barring expats who have lived abroad for more than five years from voting...
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