Should expatriate citizens of your country have the right to vote?

[dancer_storm@mathstodon.xyz]

@renata @evan @mayintoronto @fabio I usually identify as Brazilian but last week I was imagining some kind of conversation and called myself "Canadian" in my head for the first time (I moved here in 2021).

I also often say I'm from <city where I moved for university and lived for 8 years> rather than <city I was born in and lived for 16 years>.

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@MJmusicinears I didn’t think of armed forces, or diplomats for that matter.

It is a complex web.

@evan

[adr@mastodon.social]

@rakoo @mayintoronto @fabio @evan to me, "expat" carries with it the expectation that you will eventually return to home country. Immigrant does not.

[mayintoronto@beige.party]

@dancer_storm I love this for you!!

My parents brought me here as a young kid and I was told we were probably never going back home. It was nice that all the kids around me looked different too, and they were all (probably) Canadians.

In my head, it wasn't long before I thought "I guess I'm a Canadian now?"

@renata @evan @fabio

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@rakoo @mayintoronto @fabio there are some other words for French citizens living abroad that are used here in Montreal.