pegman Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Court grants expats right to vote in Canadian elections. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-expat-voting-rights-ruling-1.4970305 Link to comment
wcoast Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Just read this article and was about to post it.This is a no-brainer, taking away voting rights from a citizen is a slippery slope to second class citizenship.To infer that expats have no interest in affairs back home is also repugnant. Glad common sense prevailed.Sent from my SM-A910F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment
Srikcir Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 In a 5-2 decision, a majority of justices said the infringement to charter rights is not justified. Amazing that 2 justices held the infringement justified. “The vague and unsubstantiated electoral fairness objective that is purportedly served by denying voting rights to non-resident citizens simply because they have crossed an arbitrary five-year threshold does not withstand scrutiny,” [Chief Justice Richard] Wagner said. “There is little to justify the choice of five years as a threshold, or to show how it is tailored to respond to a specific problem.” “The disenfranchisement of these citizens not only denies them a fundamental democratic right, but also comes at the expense of their sense of self-worth and their dignity.” https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/01/11/supreme-court-set-to-rule-on-voting-rights-for-long-term-expat-canadians-today.html This is what democracy does - protect the rights of the minority (Canadian expats) from the disenfranchisement by the majority. Link to comment
pegman Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Now grant us our well earned OAS. I would think >46 years of paying income tax would entitle us to it. Link to comment
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