That's right. That's where I would bring up the question of January 1 being when the Americans can re-register each year. I'm wondering why you've chosen 30 days before the writ, especially because even in our system, with a fixed election date, at least the way the act is written, it can be overridden by the prerogative and elections still can be called early, even outside a minority government.
I'm wondering if there's any harm in allowing people to start the registration process as early as possible in a year in which there could be an election. You seem to suggest you're worried about this idea of VICs going to addresses where people have moved, but what are the real-world chances that a VIC being sent to a Mexico City address where somebody's moved away in the last seven months is going to be used by the new Mexican resident to vote in the Canadian election?