Introduction
A recent opinion piece published at CBC included:
I have been walking around these days asking myself with only half a smile whether there is some morphed version of the Canadian national anthem which declares: “True expatriate love in all thy sons and daughters command.”
I am doing this because I have been regularly experiencing what you might call expatriate shaming.
There’s been a push — no, make that a shove — to recruit Americans living in Canada who are eligible to vote in the Nov. 3 presidential election to become part of the electoral process. Knowing I was born in the U.S., my friends, neighbours and relatives will ask with a semi-desperate twinge in their voices: “Have you registered to vote in the U.S. election?” And when I say I am registered but I do not plan to vote, they get very angry.
Given what has been going on under President Donald Trump, they exclaim, how can I even think about not making a difference by casting a presidential ballot? (By the way, no one assumes that an expat could possibly vote for Trump, which is interesting.)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-expats-canada-presidential-election-vote-1.5750417
The VoteFromAbroad.org Push To Get “US Citizens” (Whoever They May Be) Living In Canada To Vote
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