Thank you, Mr. Cooper.
The regime is designed in recognition of the fact that people living abroad, who may have lived abroad for a long time, often will not have documentary proof of residence. Their application serves as the means to determine where they will vote. The critical point is that once they have registered on the international register at a particular location, they cannot change it until they come back to Canada to reside, so there is no opportunity to further change electoral districts for perhaps political considerations.