Excellent video! great message! I'll be voting as always. Oh and still go down to register your vote even if you didnt get your voter cards... it happened to us on the last election but we went anyway and were able to show i.d. and still vote! cheers!
excellent video, I was blown away to hear the ratio of people voting in Canada, I always assumed it would be much higher. In Australia we have compulsory voting which think works fine, people complain a bit but we as a country are generally happy to do things and don't have that "governments can't tell us what to do" mentality that many do.
Really good message here that I hope, even if its just one person, they see the importance of their vote.
All you young people (and not-so-young people) should take NP's words to heart. Get out and vote and exercise your ultimate right as a Canadian. Even if you're not happy with any of the parties and choose to spoil your vote, the important thing is that you VOTE. There are far too many people in the world who dream of having we have. Don't take it for granted.
Major props for being very fair and balanced as well. It really helps your message ring through. I'm also one who follows politics and I very often wonder why I do it. I mostly end up frustrated and angry whenever the subject comes up. I'm a proud Conservative (I'm actually related to Sir Charles Tupper) but I try to avoid political discussions because they just end up degrading into arguments and just ruin everyone's good mood. Politics just seem to bring out the worst in everyone... :(
NP, you are absolutely right and are doing a great thing by encourage others to vote. I'm very much like you since my parents raised me to recognize voting as the single most most important right a Canadian has. I've voted in every election I could since I was 18. My parents even told me the same thing you said, "If you don't vote, you have no right to complain".
Over here in the Netherlands the voting upturning is fairly low too. Sadly most youth go with one of two minds. Either they think that voting is of no use. Or they vote for whatever promises the biggest shake-up in government and don't look at what the parties are truly about.
Excellent video! great message! I'll be voting as always. Oh and still go down to register your vote even if you didnt get your voter cards... it happened to us on the last election but we went anyway and were able to show i.d. and still vote! cheers!
Transformatics 10 months ago
You need a Canadian Obama so you can plaster your candidate all over youth media to get their attention.
anovasinn 10 months ago
excellent video, I was blown away to hear the ratio of people voting in Canada, I always assumed it would be much higher. In Australia we have compulsory voting which think works fine, people complain a bit but we as a country are generally happy to do things and don't have that "governments can't tell us what to do" mentality that many do.
Really good message here that I hope, even if its just one person, they see the importance of their vote.
damnyouhussies 10 months ago
@damnyouhussies Yep, 2008 was the second lowest voter turn out in our history, only 58.8%
The lowest was 1898 with 44.6% & even at that it was a referendum.
I had to Google compulsory voting, it's an interesting premise. Certainly something I did not know about before.
NemesisPredaking 10 months ago
Fuckin' A.
Vange1us 10 months ago
@Vange1us A man of few words.
NemesisPredaking 10 months ago
You go predaking :D
Vdecepticon 10 months ago
All you young people (and not-so-young people) should take NP's words to heart. Get out and vote and exercise your ultimate right as a Canadian. Even if you're not happy with any of the parties and choose to spoil your vote, the important thing is that you VOTE. There are far too many people in the world who dream of having we have. Don't take it for granted.
Medikor 10 months ago
@Medikor Very well thought out & said.
NemesisPredaking 10 months ago
Major props for being very fair and balanced as well. It really helps your message ring through. I'm also one who follows politics and I very often wonder why I do it. I mostly end up frustrated and angry whenever the subject comes up. I'm a proud Conservative (I'm actually related to Sir Charles Tupper) but I try to avoid political discussions because they just end up degrading into arguments and just ruin everyone's good mood. Politics just seem to bring out the worst in everyone... :(
Medikor 10 months ago
NP, you are absolutely right and are doing a great thing by encourage others to vote. I'm very much like you since my parents raised me to recognize voting as the single most most important right a Canadian has. I've voted in every election I could since I was 18. My parents even told me the same thing you said, "If you don't vote, you have no right to complain".
Medikor 10 months ago
I agree man, voting is essential and people should always vote when ever possible.
sportswolf3 10 months ago
@sportswolf3 Absolutely, I'm proof you don't have to be "into" politics to make an informed decision .
NemesisPredaking 10 months ago
Over here in the Netherlands the voting upturning is fairly low too. Sadly most youth go with one of two minds. Either they think that voting is of no use. Or they vote for whatever promises the biggest shake-up in government and don't look at what the parties are truly about.
Eucep 10 months ago
@Eucep Here they just don't show up to vote. I believe we only have a 40% turn out for the 18 to 30 age range.
NemesisPredaking 10 months ago