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Originally Posted by kevman
I've got a buddy who's lived in Canada for almost 40 years, is a father of 2 Canadian citizens, is married to a Canadian citizen, owns 3 properties, is a Sr. equity partner at a major firm and can't vote because of his permanent resident status.
I bring all that up because by most antiquated metrics, wealth and land ownership, he'd be the perfect candidate to vote.
He's also far more politically engaged than most people I know.
I've never thought about it before but, yeah, why not let PR's vote.
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Why doesn’t he just get his citizenship if he wants to vote?
My mother in law is basically the same and I have no problem with her not being able to vote.