Non-Citizen Voting Rights and Urban Citizenship in Toronto

Myer Siemiatycki ()
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Myer Siemiatycki: Ryerson University

Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2015, vol. 16, issue 1, No 5, 97 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the current regime of municipal voting rights in Toronto as a problematic expression of urban citizenship. Many residents of Toronto and other Canadian cities are denied the municipal franchise because they are not Canadian citizens. The paper explores recent scholarship and campaigns in Toronto striving to re-define the relationship between migration, citizenship, cities and voting rights. In the process, Toronto has become the first Canadian city to formally endorse non-citizen municipal voting rights. Yet, Toronto lacks the authority to establish its own criteria for the municipal franchise, suggesting that greater municipal autonomy may be a precondition for more inclusive urban citizenship.

Keywords: Non-citizen voting rights; Immigrant political participation; Urban citizenship; Toronto (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s12134-014-0333-9

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