Thank you Jeremy for the reply, but btw, because you know so many things
about Commonwealth laws and rules and traditions, can a Canadian get a job
in UK without a work permit? Just curios.
Chris
"JAJ" wrote in message
news:3fa340c3.916431@news.syd.ihug.com.au...
> It's a historical thing dating from the time (prior to the late 1940s)
> when people from Canada and the UK had exactly the same nationality.
> When separate citizenships were created for Canada and the UK (and the
> rest of the Commonwealth), the right to vote was not similarly
> restricted.
>
> Canada passed a law some time later (don't know what year) to remove
> the right to vote from those from other Commonwealth countries.
> Australia only did so in 1984. Sooner or later the UK will legislate
> to restrict voting rights to British citizens, but that may be many
> years into the future.
>
> Jeremy
>
> >On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 00:01:25 -0500, "Chris" wrote:
> >Hi JAJ, thank you very much for the details, but personally I think it's
> >stupid to let somebody vote without being a citizen of that country. I am
> >Canadian (naturalized), and based on what you just said, with just a
> >permanent address in UK I can be eligible for voting. But I do not feel
> >anything for UK, just that it's a western nation and the strongest US
ally.
> >Not enough for me to decide the ruling party in that country. Once again,
I
> >think it's a bad law, but hey, who the hell am I to judge them?
> >Have a great weekend.
> >Chris
>
> This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction
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