Thanks for asking, here’s other major Canadian cities where the same resolution has been passed or put forward:
- Toronto
- Vancouver
- Montreal
- Halifax
- Saint John
This is among other, smaller cities that have done the same.
New Brunswick is set to allow permanent resident voting by 2026. Bills like this have been proposed, but failed, provincially in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and others.
This is an issue that is championed not only by city councils around our country, but by civil rights centres and groups serving immigrants nation-wide, as well as democracy watchdogs in our country.
Non-citizens are allowed to vote in municipalities in countries such as Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Countries like the New Zealand allow non-citizens to vote widely, while the UK and the EU allow residents who are citizens of certain other countries to vote in their elections.
So, is it just a localized issue brought up for “brownie points”? No.
Is it virtue signalling? No (unless you believe every other city or country listed there is just virtue signalling).
Now you know
