It's election day here in Canada and if you are Canadian, I expect you to get off your ass and vote. I do not care who you vote for (I do but I cannot stop you from making the mistake of voting Liberal or Conservative), just vote. Exercise your right to vote; that act is as important as who you support in an election. Between 1998 and 2008, the voter turnout in this country has nosedived. In 1998, Elections Canada reported 75.3% of the eligible voting public turned out to vote. In 2008, that number declined to 58.8%.
Shame, shame Canada.
You are lucky enough to live in the best country in the world and you have an obligation to keep it that way. Sure, I know, politicians suck. So don't vote for the politician. Vote for the person who best represents you and reflects your opinions on the topics being tossed about in this election.
What Strombo says to you kids in school rocking the vote easily applies to every other facet of Canadian society:
Our boyfriend George further breaks Canadian politics down for us:
Who wants to keep showing up to the campfire without matches?
And if you still do not think voting is important, that your voice is not important, do not forget the Canadian Suffragette movement. Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy, and the rest of the Famous Five went to battle not only so you ladies could have the right to vote, but so that you would be considered a "person". (British common law circa 1876 stated, "Women are persons in matters of pains and penalties, but are not persons in matters of rights and privileges." It would be 1929 before The Famous Five saw that law changed under the "Person's Case".)
Your voice counts. Fill out a ballot so you will be heard.
