As a Canadian citizen he ' s still subject to Canadian laws , I mean that ' s not even really true in most circumstances either . You ' re not going to get fined by the HRT in Canada for committing hate speech in China . You ' re not going to get arrested for owning an AR 15 for hunting in the USA . You ' re not going to get your German business shut down for not conforming to the Rand Formula . being an expat doesn ' t remove him from the consequences of his vote . Of course it does . You ' re not paying Canadian taxes , you ' re not being protected by the Canadian military , you ' re not affected by the quality of Canadian healthcare , you ' re not driving on Canadian roads , you ' re not buying and eating Canadian grown food , you ' re not subject to almost every Canadian law there is , your job isn ' t affected by Canadian labour regulations and union policies , your minimum wage is not tied to the Canadian minimum wage , I could go on and on .