Supreme Court should let long-term expats vote

The court deserves applause for its decision last month to hear an appeal on the issue.

Canadians living abroad for less than five years can use a mail-in ballot like this one to vote, but those abroad for more than five years are now out of luck. The Hill Times photograph by Kristen Shane

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

May 11, 2016

The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is never far from the centre of any matter that reaches Supreme Court consideration. So a decision on April 14 by the court to hear an appeal concerning the right to vote by Canadians who live outside of Canada for more than five years is to be applauded and given ...

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