06-11-2004, 01:27 AM
eppie's topic made me remember about the elections happening here in Canada.
Right now in school, there is a thing going on to increase youth awareness in voting. Basically the idea is this: The local representatives from the riding come and discuss their platforms etc. in an optional assembly, then some of the students get to ask questions. Later on (next week?) there will be a vote for many high schools (I don't know how far this is spread) to see what the youth think about the parties. Our votes don't actually count for anything (Well, if ALL of us voted one way, I guess SOMETHING would happen, but we're mostly powerless.)
Also, our Socials teacher has decided to cover our Canadian gov't unit now, and we've been doing a lot of talking about the election. This is the first time I've had any knowledge of politics and it's sort of interesting.
From what I've learned, I'm leaning towards either the NDP or the Green Party, although everyone says that their is no chance of the Green Party winning. We also did a class vote, and the VAST majority of our class voted NDP.
I just wanted to see if any other Canadian lurkers would like to share their opinions/preferences etc.
Right now in school, there is a thing going on to increase youth awareness in voting. Basically the idea is this: The local representatives from the riding come and discuss their platforms etc. in an optional assembly, then some of the students get to ask questions. Later on (next week?) there will be a vote for many high schools (I don't know how far this is spread) to see what the youth think about the parties. Our votes don't actually count for anything (Well, if ALL of us voted one way, I guess SOMETHING would happen, but we're mostly powerless.)
Also, our Socials teacher has decided to cover our Canadian gov't unit now, and we've been doing a lot of talking about the election. This is the first time I've had any knowledge of politics and it's sort of interesting.
From what I've learned, I'm leaning towards either the NDP or the Green Party, although everyone says that their is no chance of the Green Party winning. We also did a class vote, and the VAST majority of our class voted NDP.
I just wanted to see if any other Canadian lurkers would like to share their opinions/preferences etc.