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Nobody ever said the Elections Act was fair.
If one doesn't reside in the country, or pay taxes to the country how do they contribute to the society? This may be seen as inflammatory by some but its meant as an honest question.
But that leads into the second question I posed: if a person resides there and pays taxes (the permanent resident) shouldn't they then be allowed to vote?
If the argument against allowing a person to vote goes like that, then the same argument implies that we should let permanent residents vote.
Sorry Niflmir, but, I disagree. Having people vote who don't pay taxes here, should have limits. If you want badly enough to have a say in the country, you should be in the country. The fact that your rights in that respect last for five years seems ample to me.
-do they pay taxes ?......on what ?
-Convicts are in a country ,can they / do they vote ?
-do they pay taxes ?......on what ?... or should I say .."do they contribute to the society "?
-some are convicts for more than 5 ys.
-Convicts are in a country ,can they / do they vote ?
-do they pay taxes ?......on what ?... or should I say .."do they contribute to the society "?
-some are convicts for more than 5 ys.
Yes, in Canada they can, and do.
Would you vote for an ex -cone if he was running for a position of ....say a Police Chief or an MP or a kinder garden principal ?
Just wondering ....as usual ..
There is a fair bit of difference between VOTING and RUNNING for office. An EX-con has every right to VOTE. For the record, while incarcerated, a person should not have the right.
Dexter Sinister ,
Quoting china
Would you vote for an ex -cone if he was running for a position of ....say a Police Chief or an MP or a kinder garden principal ?
Just wondering ....as usual ..
Sorry Niflmir, but, I disagree. Having people vote who don't pay taxes here, should have limits. If you want badly enough to have a say in the country, you should be in the country. The fact that your rights in that respect last for five years seems ample to me.
My, but you HAVE been out of the country a while haven't you?
There is a fair bit of difference between VOTING and RUNNING for office.
lone wolf
Not long enough , lw .
Obviously I realize that ,though you seam to have trouble finding (mentally)" reasons I,m using this type of questioning in my post .
Vote.... Run for office.... You really need to screw your head on tighter.
This is the dichotomy:
Why should my only options be to become German or to move back to Canada?
Is this really the message we want to be sending?
How is it not hypocritical to deny the right to vote for citizens based on residency outside of Canada and not grant it to permanent residents living in Canada for the same time period?
If the citizenship doesn't matter in the one case, then how can it matter in the other?
In this case, what does citizenship become except the right to vote for residents? Since a resident could be Canadian in everything culturally but citizenship. If so, then what a meaningless thing it means to be a Canadian citizen.
Sorry Niflmir, but, I disagree. Having people vote who don't pay taxes here, should have limits. If you want badly enough to have a say in the country, you should be in the country. The fact that your rights in that respect last for five years seems ample to me.
I think this is especially true for citizens of convenience like all the Lebonese that we air lifted to Canada a couple of years ago. The there are the Liberals who are so desperate that they voted in a leader who hadn't lived here for 30 years.
