In a bar in Manhattan, there is a shrine in all Canadian things: a giant stuffed head, license plates of all provinces, a relief golden maple sheet and other memories.
The Canuck, who is invoiced as « Premier Canadian Hockey and Sports Bar in New York City, » is a family place for many Canadians living in the great apple, especially if they are looking for a hockey or baseball game that is not published on a United States television network.
This is where CBC News met a New Yorker group who are also voters in the next Federal Elections of Canada, a race dominated by the country’s relationship with the United States after imposing rates on Canadian goods and threats from the Trump administration to make Canada 51st state.
These are some of the respondents of a campaign organized by the Canadian Association of New York (Canya), a group of networks, social and charitable. It has been implemented how Canada’s expats can be recorded to vote and broadcast their ballots from abroad.
« The Canadians who live abroad have to vote by email and do so early, as they send it directly to the election in Canada or leaving it to the consulate, » said Reena Bhatt, vice president of the group.
A complete vote must reach the Canada election at 18:00 et on April 28, the day of the election, although the voting application for special voting must be received on April 22 at 6 pm
Reena Bhatt of the Canadian Association of New York, who informed Canada’s expatriates on how to register to vote and broadcast their ballots, talk about why their members feel more committed to this year’s federal elections.
About 4 million Canadians live abroad
Christine Hutton, Sandra Pike and Sanjay Gopal did not talk about who they are voting, but they enthusiastically shared why they vote in these elections.
« I think, because the identity of Canada is being challenged at the moment, it is difficult to sit and not be part of things and present and pick up in Canada, » said Pike, a local newsroom in Newfoundland and has lived in New York for more than two decades.
Gopal, an engineer, 28 years ago in New York, but his parents still live in Halifax. He said he is voting taking into account his interests.
« I only feel very adequate to help them, you know, the choice they prefer in their particular driving. »
Hutton, a biopharmaceutical consultant, subscribes to a Canadian newspaper and keeps up to date with daily headlines. He said he cares more than ever the role of Canada in the world, no matter how much I live in the United States.
« I’m really looking for foreign policy and I’m studying how Canada and the United States will have relationships, » Hutton, who is originally from Ontario, said, but he has lived in New York for 25 years. « And also against China, with respect to India, in front of Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Gaza. The things I feel are important. »
There is one Four million Canadians were estimated Living abroad – with about 800,000 in the US and thousands in New York City alone. According to the Canadian election, Only 27,000 Canadians living outside the country Voted in the last federal elections.
From Saturday, 92,000 voting kits have been sent to the Canadians living abroad, and about 20,000 have already been returned, according to Canada elections.
« Canada is a kind of moment »
Bhatt de Canya said he has noticed an interest and commitment in these elections.
The massive focus of Canada-EUA relations means that he has been asked more about Canada, even by his companions American.
« We were certainly receiving more dissemination of our membership, asking -if we knew how they could vote, » Bhatt said, adding that others wanted to know how to see the leaders’ or election results debate.
Canadians living in New York city share why they are invested in voting in the federal elections of April 28, despite decades away from home.
It is not often that Canadians living outside the country are part of the largest national conversation in Canada. Ask John Stackhouse, who wrote a book about this by 2020 called Planet Canada: As our expats make up the future.
In his book, he wrote that maybe we will be the only important or minor country, so he does not think strategically in his diaspora.
« I think we need to be much more strategic in terms of maintaining links with this population and helping them subtly to help Canada worldwide, » he said in an interview with CBC News.
Stackhouse said that the Canadian expatriate community is an unpublished resource, which could be especially useful as Canada forge a new path forward in response to the threats of United States President Donald Trump.
« Making this Canadian conversation, not only within Canada, but also with the Canadians from all over the world, could be very powerful for the country, » he said. « They want to help the country. They want to be engaged. »
It is undoubtedly how Pike feels, the publishing professional.
« Canada is a kind for the moment, » he said. « And those who live abroad want to be part of this moment, to expand it and make it stronger. »
Bhatt, who has already sent his vote, has this message to his Canadian companions: « We are with you, shoulder on the shoulder, » he said. « We care about the same problems and we want to be your ambassadors around the world. »
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