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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I don't care what a Cowboy said in 1960 or that historically the bars for citizenship were racist, sexist or otherwise. They objectively are not today. It's completely irrelevant for this discussion.
The current standards for citizenship are pretty universal and having somewhat of a higher barrier than PR status implies a permanence that makes a lot of sense to consider for alignment with making decisions in the best interest for the city, province or country. The onus should rather be on city council and those that support that viewpoint to demonstrate that they aren't and what problems they aim to address when they propose a motion such as they did yesterday.
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Did you ready anything on it? Walcott explains some points in the article.
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“Usually people will become permanent residents on their journey to becoming a citizen,” Walcott said on Saturday. “Sometimes the citizenship process takes a while. It can be several years.
“People can be in Canada, contributing, paying taxes — literally building the country — but not able to participate in the most local form of democracy. I think that’s something that should be recognized.”
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https://calgaryherald.com/news/counc...nent-residents
And nothing is even changing at this point. This is the start of a discussion.
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If ultimately approved, council would forward a resolution to AB Munis’ next annual conference in September. If it passes there, AB Munis (which advocates on behalf of Alberta’s municipalities) would lobby the Alberta government to amend the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA) to expand voter eligibility to include individuals who have been granted Canadian permanent resident status.
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But then, you don't need to worry at all if this is the process
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But differing opinions appear to already be arising among some councillors, and even Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver weighed in on social media, suggesting there would be little appetite for the proposal among the Alberta government.
“I’ll save us all some time,” McIver wrote on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, on Saturday. “Only citizens of Canada can vote in municipal elections. That will not be changing.”
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Which brings us up to date on our current discussion...
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“Nothing says gate keeping like being unwilling to even entertain the conversation,” she wrote, pointing out that permanent residents can already serve in the military, pay taxes and own property.
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It'd be really nice if people did even a touch of research(google.ca), and then argued their point.
Hope I didn't scare any posters off.