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What would I like to tell the Prime Minister? (10 posts)

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Tyler Power said 3 months, 1 week ago:

Today there are many youth who feel disenfranchised by the political system. Youth feel that political decisions either do not effect them, or their opinion does not matter. This needs to change, and to begin this shift and reverse the trend, we would like you all to think of what YOU as a young Atlantic Canadian, would like Prime Minister Harper to know.

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Terry Clifford said 3 months, 1 week ago:

Prime Mnister if you really want to get youth voting why not talk directly to them and ask? Know one knows Canadian youth better than canadian youth- lets start the dialogue and build a solution. Youth to youth towards the 2015 general Election. Youth can make the difference

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Rachel Courey said 3 months ago:

I think that the disenfranchisement has a lot to do with how youth see the current government working. I think that the current system is archaic, it was created for a different time when many minorities were not considered. Very basically our system needs reform (electoral, procedural, and party reform).
Personally, I am disappointed with the lack of cooperation among political parties. As Canadians it is fruitless to define our identity simply as ‘Not American’, this detracts from the beauty and diversity of our land, our people, and our heritage. Similarly, it is fruitless to brand the Canadian Government as the Conservative Government. There are MPs from 5 parties that make up the governing body of this country.

I would like to believe that most MPs decide to run because they truly desire to represent Canadians, specifically those Canadians within their ridings and contribute positively to our country’s future. Pressure from parties to ‘tow the line’ practically incapacitates MPs from doing what they intend and hope to do for the Canadian PEOPLE.

To truly represent Canada, it would behoove the Harper Conservative majority to start looking for more opportunities to cooperate with all members of parliament. Stop talking about the “Strong Mandate” 40% of Canadians gave the Harper Conservatives and start talking about the strength of our great country through the representation of its people, in the diverse parties that currently sit in our House of Commons.

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Travis said 3 months ago:

If I could tell the Prime Minister anything it would be to insure he tries to engage the youth. I know IT is a large task but he simply can’t abandon the job just because of that. There are a hundred and one organizations that would love to have an open dialogue with him, that tones of fresh ideas ready to help develop Canada and prepare it for the long term. The youth have no choice but to look farther then 2015. To see a successful future we can toss asunder any Canadians thoughts but we need to be ready to work with one another to push forward. During the elections all parties made it a priority to make use of Social Media but now its calmed down to the point that not a lot is pushed through to followers. Even traditional media can be used to engage youth, I can remember seeing Jack Layton on Much Music but agien that was only during election time. http://www.youtube.com/user/TalkCanada This was a genius strategy but need to keep it up, 2009 was a long time ago!

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Brandon MacDougall said 3 months ago:

Youth would be much more inclined to vote, if only they had more contact and information from the Government. Informing them and getting them to care should start with school.
Through school assemblies hosted by youth and featuring local political leaders, and allowing youth from different side of the political spectrum to debate in front of their peers and other events is one step towards the goal of mobilizing similar minded youth to get out and get involved. Another bigger step would be to make a course like Law 12 mandatory. It’s our Countries rules and processes after all. To conclude, it’s about getting them involved before voting age.

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Kerri Griffin said 3 months ago:

Canadian youth need to be made to feel like they matter beyond just election time. Events around election time to engage youth and to get them informed on voting is important, but relying solely on this makes the youth feel like the only time they’re important is when they are needed to provide votes. Outreach needs to begin at a young age, and frequently. Through ongoing civic education the youth will be more informed as to the actual process of voting. However, youth not only need to know how to vote, but why they should be voting. Listening to what the youth of Canada have to say and making efforts to act on these ideas will give the youth a reason to want to become engaged. Engaging the youth in Canada is a huge task, through assemblies, presentations, and forums with political leaders in schools and youth groups one could engage a lot of youth at the same time. Basically, the government needs to listen more and often. If the government is more open to the opinions of the youth and proactively trying to engage them they will be more likely to want to become involved.

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Eilanda Anderson said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

As Terry said in his post, “no one knows Canadian youth better than Canadian youth” and I think that is very true. If I had the opportunity to talk to Mr. Harper I would explain to him that if he wants to increase the youth vote in Canada he is going to have to start with including politics in to the education system. In Newfoundland, politics is rarely spoken of, throughout high school. Teachers are told to focus on teaching biology, Physics, Math, and English instead of spending time to talk about current issues. Many students do not understand the importance of voting and I think it is because they are not educated on this topic. I think that the Education system should at least offer a political issues course for students to take so that they would have the opportunity to learn more about politics. I feel that until students are educated on the importance of why they should vote and understand that their vote matters, then the youth vote will not increase.

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Terry Clifford said 2 months, 3 weeks ago:

Eilanda,
I agree that schools need to play a far bigger role and I notice that others have said similar things about this subject in their respective provinces. How about taking it up a notch. Reach out to the media in NL and see if they will do a story . Obviously we need more public support but at least youth -who as you said know more about why voting is not happening are trying to do something about it. It has to be done now not in the General election year 2015. Tell them about Elections Canada research that says if youth miss their first two voting opportunities – the odds are overwhelmingly that they will never vote!

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Danil Matachniouk said 2 months, 2 weeks ago:

If I had the opportunity to say something to the Prime Minister I would let him know what my main concerns are and the concerns of the youth that I have gotten in contact with through the voting initiative; I have contacted university colleagues and friends. I would let him know that the main concerns of students are: tuition, decent part time work in related field of study during studies to help with living expenses, and future career after graduation.

Being an Engineering student, which is a professional degree, meaning after I graduate I have a legal profession, I feel comfortable about finding work. The banks are more willing to lend money to me, and this is true even before I graduate. I have also started a business, which is simpler for me to do with a professional degree. However for students in other faculties, which have more general programs, I feel this is not the case and they are more sensitive to financial instability.

Knowing that the PM is very busy and has many important issues at hand on his mind, I would try to provide him with an “executive summary”.

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