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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
What, in your mind, makes someone from Winnipeg who moved here for university last week more committed to Calgary than a permanent resident that has lived here for 5 years?
You’re using a lot of silly words, like “demand” and “dictate” to make your point seem stronger, but it’s still pretty lazy. Voting isn’t dictating, it’s having your say in democracy. And at the municipal level, where the global/international stakes are incredibly low but the impact on your daily life quite high, there is very little to lose from granting those rights and a lot for society to gain.
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Someone has commit issues.
I don’t see why I have to become a Canadian, I just want a say in day to day governance in the town / city I reside.
Yet it won’t stop there. It never does. It’ll go to the national level soon enough. And be the exact same argument. Which then leads to why have nations or citizenship whatsoever?
It’s so at least you don’t get foreigners taking over your country. Wars were fought for reasons. Not always good ones, but they had consequences. Part of that was given was so that you could live in a free country without others outside having ruling or governance over you. It’s not as so what, doesn’t matter as you think it is. It’s a slippery slope, and it’ll take you further than you want to go.