The Right to Vote

 

 

 

 

 

The voting result on Monday October 19th demonstrated that Canada wanted a change as the Liberals won the votes and Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister. The legal voting age in Canada is currently eighteen, but in my opinion, I feel it should be dropped down to sixteen. I believe this will be the right decision for Canadians as this may increase young adult voting. If more students voted we could hopefully change Canada into voting for what is better for students as well as adults. Voting at a younger age will hopefully make future Prime Ministers talk about student issues as well like; school tuition. I believe sixteen is a good age because that is when students are starting to make bigger decisions and start understanding certain topics in greater understanding like; politics. This age can also bring more discussion into high school classrooms about politics because of the closer age in voting. At the age of eighteen many students don't have that same need to vote because they don't have anyone bugging them. While, if it was brought down to a younger age, schools could discuss politics more hopefully convincing students to vote. Allowing students to hopefully carry the need to vote throughout their lives.