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Originally Posted by Slava
Well there is somewhere we draw the line, right? Like you can't just have everyone over 18 (or 16 or whatever age0 who happens to be in Canada that day have a vote because that's obviously stupid. So we set the bar at citizenship, which by the way is not incredibly onerous. The path from PR to citizenship is well known and well used. If people are deciding that they don't want the citizenship and want to stick with the PR status, that's their decision and involves some tradeoffs. One of which is your vote.
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100% agree. There's a well defined, non-onerous path to becoming a citizen should one choose. What problem is YYC Council trying to solve by allowing PR non-citizens to vote?