I’ll be the first one to agree that Goans in Goa should be given the opportunity to vote in the Canadian elections. But they may be sorely disappointed.
No one will come to your doors offering you fridges, bicycles and Biryani. There will be no candidates on the ballot charged with felonies. There will be no noise pollution on the roads with loudspeakers blaring out the virtues of the candidates. There will be no promises of things being done in your constituencies. There will be no actual or implied assurances of the politicos coming to your rescue at police stations. There will be no quid pro quo of any illegal construction on your property getting the OK if you vote for them. There will be no implied threats of harm coming to you if you don’t vote for the local gangster. The polling stations will be organized in such a manner you won’t believe it can happen. The integrity and secrecy of your ballot will be paramount. No matter your physical ability to vote, the overriding concern is to help you to actually vote. The results will be announced in a couple of hours after polls are closed. Roland Francis 416-453-3371 > On Sep 19, 2021, at 3:03 PM, Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Would anyone agree with me that Goans resident in Goa should also be given > a chance to vote in the Canadian elections? Just like people of the world > need to vote in the US elections --the results can devastate their homes, > bomb their countries and kill their futures? > In the case of Canada, the party/ideology in power does tend to influence > our expats there. Who, in turn, define "development" for Goa and never stop > telling us about the kind of Goa "they" want to see. Or we should all be > seeing. Hence this suggestion. > Anyway, here's an update on the upcoming elections, and who better to tell > us about it than, Qatar-ka Al Jazeera? > https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/19/infographic-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-canadian-election > FN > ᐧ
