Canadians abroad

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada initiated the Canadians Abroad Project as part of a policy research consortium and is deeply grateful to its project supporters—the Royal Bank of Canada Foundation, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the Government of British Columbia, the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, and Western Economic Diversification—for their generous investment [...] In This report is an attempt to paint a more complete and nuanced the 1980s and most of the 1990s, the focus was on immigration from picture of Canadians abroad and to better understand the policy Asia. [...] Indeed, this period saw the arrival of hundreds of thousands of implications of a Canadian diaspora that is nearly a tenth the size of Asian immigrants and the transformation of cities such as Toronto and the total population. [...] Source: Zhang and DeGolyer, 2011 VIEWS OF CANADIAN RESIDENTS ON POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING CANADIANS ABROAD The Government of Canada should establish a central agency to coordinate policy issues affecting Canadians living abroad 16% 73% Children of Canadians born in another country should have the same citizenship rights as children of Canadians born in Canada 27% 66% The Government of Canada should [...] Voting rights for non-resident citizens are now common in many countries, but the significance of the overseas vote varies widely according to the proportion of citizens living overseas and the turnout of those who are eligible to vote.29 There are four systems for overseas voters to participate in elections:30 1. Vote in home district.