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'''Policy Implications

'''Policy Implications'''

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* Canadian citizens are ineligible to vote in Canada after five years abroad. As a result, approximately 1.4 million Canadian citizens around the world cannot vote in Canada;

* Canadian citizens are ineligible to vote in Canada after five years abroad. As a result, approximately 1.4 million Canadian citizens around the world cannot vote in Canada;

* Second generation children born abroad to naturalized Canadian parents will not obtain Canadian citizenship, and may even become stateless;  

* Second generation children born abroad to naturalized Canadian parents will not obtain Canadian citizenship, and may even become stateless;  

Key policy challenges that may improve the situation:

Key policy challenges that may improve the situation:

'''Recommendations

'''Recommendations'''

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* Canada has to learn from other countries‟ experience to develop a better policy towards its citizens overseas, and it should include the following features:

* Canada has to learn from other countries‟ experience to develop a better policy towards its citizens overseas, and it should include the following features:

# An assessment of the attachment of Canadians abroad to Canada should be based on evidence from multi-dimensions;

# An assessment of the attachment of Canadians abroad to Canada should be based on evidence from multi-dimensions;

# A federal agency should be established to coordinate policy affecting Canadians abroad and encourage their attachment to Canada;  

# A federal agency should be established to coordinate policy affecting Canadians abroad and encourage their attachment to Canada;  

#More resources are needed for the retention of immigrants if some of the negative consequences of out-migration (such as labor market shortages) are to be redressed;

#More resources are needed for the retention of immigrants if some of the negative consequences of out-migration (such as labor market shortages) are to be redressed;