I have not stepped inside a game store in at least 15 years as there just has been no need anymore with downloads.

Xerox has been in Canada even longer but they are still an American company regardless. Just like Nintendo of America is still a Japanese company.

But IBM is an American company? Why is Canada now plowing $210M into Canadian chip companies/startups. Chips is the new oil.

That is what I first submitted too. My passport which has no address. Then they said I need to send ID with an address so I sent my drivers license. Then they said it has to be a current address, but I moved out of country so how would I have an address on my ID. Then they suggested my Notice of Assessment which has a family members mailing address on it and that worked but by this point it was too late.

What was the issue for you?

Mine got majorly delayed as I was asked to show ID with my Canadian mailing address on it, but like most who have moved out of country I was using a family members mailing address. Of course my Canadian IDs had my last home address and not my family members as why would it? I moved out of the country. We went back and forth with each reply taking Elections Canada 5-7 days. I ended up filling my taxes with my family members address and sent them my NOA which worked but it was too late by the time I received the package.

How did you avoid this address issue?

Same here. What was your hold up? Mine was my ID did not match my mailing address as of course not, I left the country and cannot get my Canadian ID updated with a foreign address? We went back and forth and each round it took Elections Canada 5-7 days to respond. I eventually just filled my taxes with a family’s address in Canada and used the NOA as the proof of address. I am so disappointed in the process. Does not even make sense. I get they want to put you in the right riding, but you literally moved out of the country and are not in a riding. They need to inspect their process as this one is broken.

Would have been 2 more if Elections Canada did not fumble sending us the out of country voting package. Sure there are many others in the same boat.

The same could be said about any Union including the USA as not all states are treated equally.

You mean you are done with the US and you are not joining the EU and not all Canadians feel this way.

A national survey conducted by Abacus Data in late February 2025, involving 1,500 Canadian adults, revealed:

• 44% believe the Canadian government should “definitely or probably” explore joining the EU.
• 34% are opposed to the idea.
• 23% remain undecided.