Government Questionnaire on Electoral reform

This is incorrect. The government of Canada does not prevent anyone from having more than one citizenship (like my brother).

If your parents were to become Canadian citizens, the decision to revoke their Dutch citizenship will be solely at the discretion of the Netherlands government.

https://www.government.nl/topics/dutch-nationality/contents/dual-nationality

Same with your wife. It would be the Japanese government that would take away her Japanese nationality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_nationality_law#Dual_nationality

Neither of your situations have anything to do with the Government of Canada. The only criteria for citizenship, if not born in Canada are that you

- Are a Permanent Resident (PR)
- Declare that you plan to live in Canada after you become a citizen
- Have lived in Canada as a PR for at least 4 years out of the 6 years (1,460 days) before you apply
- Be physically present in Canada for at least 183 days of each year during the 4-year period
- Apply for citizenship from within Canada

Which is why I think PR's should be allowed to vote.

I would hazard a guess that most PR's value their countries Citizenship in addition to their Permanent resident status over the ability to vote.

PS. If you read what I said, I never blamed the Canadian government for their situations.

This is incorrect. The government of Canada does not prevent anyone from having more than one citizenship (like my brother).

well no, he didn't say that the govt of Canada prevents them from getting citizen ship.

what he did say is that they'll lose their Dutch citizenship if they get CDN citizenship.
you are right though that it's no guarantee the Dutch govt will take their Dutch citizenship away, but they may have a better idea of how often that happens. google says that if they have dual citizenship and reside outside of the Netherlands they will lose their Dutch citizenship.

Does the Canadian government not have to inform those countries that don't allow dual citizenship if someone applies for Canadian citizenship?

Why? Having dual nationality does not violate Canadian any laws. There are only 18 countries in the world that do not recognize dual nationality

Brunei
Kazakhstan
Mauritius
Norway
Solomon Islands
China
Kiribati
Myanmar
Papua New Guinea
Venezuela
Indonesia
Kuwait
Nepal
Saudi Arabia
Japan
Malaysia
Netherlands
Singapore

Which is why I think PR's should be allowed to vote.

I would hazard a guess that most PR's value their countries Citizenship in addition to their Permanent resident status over the ability to vote.

PS. If you read what I said, I never blamed the Canadian government for their situations.

PR requires you live in Canada for at least 2 years out of every 5 years, if not you can lose your PR status. Would a PR who is a foreign citizen and lives 60% of the time outside of Canada have the right to vote from outside of Canada? If so, that makes little sense to me.

Eligibility to vote should be simple in my books…

18 or older
Canadian citizen
Not currently incarcerated in the federal prison system

I have Japanese friends who made the choice to fully integrate and become Canadian citizens, and Japanese friends who view Canada as part of their life's journey, but wish to remain Japanese. I don't want the latter voting in our elections, period. They're good people, but you have to be a citizen to vote IMHO.

I came in like so…

Challengers
My democracy is responsive and transparent

Challengers typically believe that, above all, democracy should be responsive to citizens. They tend to be more skeptical of government and thus open to ideas that could enhance accountability of governments and give voters more control. They generally prefer governments that are decisive and are less likely to prioritize compromise with other parties. They usually expect parties to take responsibility for their decisions and for voters to have more ways to influence politics.

No, you really really don't want me ever chosen for those positions.

That's exactly why you need to be there!

PR requires you live in Canada for at least 2 years out of every 5 years, if not you can lose your PR status. Would a PR who is a foreign citizen and lives 60% of the time outside of Canada have the right to vote from outside of Canada? If so, that makes little sense to me.

Citizens have to live in Canada 0% of the time.

I'm a dual citizen, Canadian and Dutch. I was born in Canada, have never had an address in the Netherlands. I can vote there if I want.

Another innovator, but I am all for online voting. It can be secured, we just have to figure it out. A chipped national ID card would be a good start. There is no reason we can't say "Let's do it.", then work on it until we can agree on a system that has enough safeguards.

Another innovator, but I am all for online voting. It can be secured, we just have to figure it out. A chipped national ID card would be a good start. There is no reason we can't say "Let's do it.", then work on it until we can agree on a system that has enough safeguards.

Just need to set up some sort of multi factor authentication. We manage to do everything from filing taxes to purchasing goods online without significant levels of fraud, securing online elections shouldn't be that difficult in this day and age. It should be an option at least for those of us who would be willing to register and set up the necessary authentication.

Why?

Geopolitics?

"Let's do it."

Isn't that what Translink did with the Compass card? ;)

Just need to set up some sort of multi factor authentication. We manage to do everything from filing taxes to purchasing goods online without significant levels of fraud, securing online elections shouldn't be that difficult in this day and age. It should be an option at least for those of us who would be willing to register and set up the necessary authentication.

Exactly. The tricky part is keeping it anonymous while still being secure. If you are willing to accept verification of your ID then that is half the battle.

All I know is if we can get burritos delivered by drone surely we can sort out a way of securely checking a box via the internet.

"Let's do it."
Isn't that what Translink did with the Compass card?

I am not sure our best minds were behind that one. :lol:

If it's digital, it can be hacked.

It may not even need to be hacked, there will always be persons or organisations with vested interests in election results. People are easily corrupted by money. Backdoors have existed in voting systems in the past and there is no reason to believe they won't exist in new ones.

The fraud could be so advanced that it would be very difficult to detect or find the perpetrator.

Any security expert worth their salt would advise against voting machines / online voting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Election_Solutions#Controversy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Curtis#Vote-rigging_allegations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud#Tampering_with_electronic_voting_machines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI

^^

Agreed.

Even paper ballots seems too advanced. We should be chiseling marks into a stone obelisk.

If it's digital, it can be hacked.

It may not even need to be hacked, there will always be persons or organisations with vested interests in election results. People are easily corrupted by money. Backdoors have existed in voting systems in the past and there is no reason to believe they won't exist in new ones.

The fraud could be so advanced that it would be very difficult to detect or find the perpetrator.

Any security expert worth their salt would advise against voting machines / online voting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Election_Solutions#Controversy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Curtis#Vote-rigging_allegations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud#Tampering_with_electronic_voting_machines

People trust online banking.