Certainly, the terminology is different.
Once a person's name is removed from the list, that person has to go through the whole process to re-register all over again, instead of having their name stay on the list.
I support the idea of having to re-register as a way to control the ballot issued by Elections Canada, which goes to an existing address or a Canadian voter who is still in the country but living at a different address. That person's ballot doesn't just disappear into thin air. That's what worried me, and that's why I think that having to re-register isn't a bad idea. If the person intends to vote, they will show up. They will stay informed, because they have already done so.
That way, instead of the ballot going out automatically, it would go out only after the person had re-registered.