"...kids who think it's cool not to vote discust me..."
The subject header for this post is thanks to
fushigirockna, who rocks out loud. She said this in a comment, and I couldn't agree with her more. The youth culture of today needs to stand-up, be counted, and vote.
Not voting is not cool. It doesn't mean that you are in anyway more awesome than those of us who do take the time out to head to the polling stations during local, provincial, and federal elections and check the little box next to our party/candidate of choice. It just means that you don't care what happens to your country. And that, my friends is decidedly uncool.
By not voting you are basically giving up your right to have a say in the direction our country takes and the policies that are then pushed through or dropped. The odd thing is that many of the people who don't vote still think that they have a right to complain about the elected government.
If you are of legal age to vote but didn't, then you have no reason or right to bitch about elected officials and the way they are wielding their power during their term in office. This is because YOU DIDN'T VOTE! You had the opportunity to do so, and you squandered it, because you just didn't care.
It seems sort of ridiculous to care about the issues after the fact. Don't you think?
Of course, some people claim that they don't vote because they aren't aware of the various parties and their platforms, and do not feel as if they are well informed enough to make a proper decision.
Okay. Then allow me to help you out. Here is a list of links for registered political parties in Canada.
AAEVP (Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada)
Bloc Quebecois (I'm not a supporter, but there are those of you who might be so I'll put the link up anyway)
CAP or PAC (Canadian Action Party/ Parti Action Canada)
CHP (Christian Heritage Party)
Communist Party of Canada (I think the name is pretty self-explanatory)
Conservative Party (again rather straight forward name)
FPNP (First Peoples National Party of Canada)
GP or PV (Green Party of Canada/ Parti Vert du Canada)
Liberal Party (another straight forward name)
Libertarian (the Libertarian Party of Canada)
Radical Marijuana (Marijuana Party- They are NOT the same as the Green Party)
Marxist-Leninist (Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada)
NDP (New Democratic Party)
PC (Progressive Canadian Party)
WBP (Western Block Party- again, I'm not a supporter of their ideals, but I'll post the link anyhow)
All of the above are parties registered with Elections Canada. Now go get informed so that you'll at least have an inkling as to who you want to vote for in the next election.
~Jam
fushigirockna, who rocks out loud. She said this in a comment, and I couldn't agree with her more. The youth culture of today needs to stand-up, be counted, and vote.
Not voting is not cool. It doesn't mean that you are in anyway more awesome than those of us who do take the time out to head to the polling stations during local, provincial, and federal elections and check the little box next to our party/candidate of choice. It just means that you don't care what happens to your country. And that, my friends is decidedly uncool.
By not voting you are basically giving up your right to have a say in the direction our country takes and the policies that are then pushed through or dropped. The odd thing is that many of the people who don't vote still think that they have a right to complain about the elected government.
If you are of legal age to vote but didn't, then you have no reason or right to bitch about elected officials and the way they are wielding their power during their term in office. This is because YOU DIDN'T VOTE! You had the opportunity to do so, and you squandered it, because you just didn't care.
It seems sort of ridiculous to care about the issues after the fact. Don't you think?
Of course, some people claim that they don't vote because they aren't aware of the various parties and their platforms, and do not feel as if they are well informed enough to make a proper decision.
Okay. Then allow me to help you out. Here is a list of links for registered political parties in Canada.
AAEVP (Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada)
Bloc Quebecois (I'm not a supporter, but there are those of you who might be so I'll put the link up anyway)
CAP or PAC (Canadian Action Party/ Parti Action Canada)
CHP (Christian Heritage Party)
Communist Party of Canada (I think the name is pretty self-explanatory)
Conservative Party (again rather straight forward name)
FPNP (First Peoples National Party of Canada)
GP or PV (Green Party of Canada/ Parti Vert du Canada)
Liberal Party (another straight forward name)
Libertarian (the Libertarian Party of Canada)
Radical Marijuana (Marijuana Party- They are NOT the same as the Green Party)
Marxist-Leninist (Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada)
NDP (New Democratic Party)
PC (Progressive Canadian Party)
WBP (Western Block Party- again, I'm not a supporter of their ideals, but I'll post the link anyhow)
All of the above are parties registered with Elections Canada. Now go get informed so that you'll at least have an inkling as to who you want to vote for in the next election.
~Jam