Second reading of Bill S-209, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act and the Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum (voting age)
Our Government is rushing this "Lowering of the VOTING-AGE to 16" through Parliament, while attention of the Public is focused on what is happening South of the Border in the USA!
I think this is a crazy idea. The legal age has been either 18 or 19 for most things in Canada. Why would we lower the age to 16? If you need to be 19 to drink or smoke, why would voting be any different? It is considered to be the age when most people leave the home and become their own person. At 16 I fear you would be getting the ideas and political leanings of the guardians and not the "children." This is a silly idea!
I think this is a crazy idea. The legal age has been either 18 or 19 for most things in Canada. Why would we lower the age to 16? If you need to be 19 to drink or smoke, why would voting be any different? It is considered to be the age when most people leave the home and become their own person. At 16 I fear you would be getting the ideas and political leanings of the guardians and not the "children." This is a silly idea!