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A private bill to give 16-year olds the vote is back in Parliament (piefed.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by CanadaRocks@piefed.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca
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https://www.parl.ca/documentviewer/en/44-1/bill/C-210/first-reading

Elections Canada research shows most adult voters oppose the measure: "Seven in ten respondents, 72 percent, disagreed."

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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This would benefit Conservatives (and the NDP to a lesser extent) and hurt the Liberals. https://www.ctvnews.ca/federal-election-2025/article/federal-election-vote-intention-split-among-age-gender-nanos/

[–] CanadaRocks@piefed.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kind of ironic since the sponsor of the bill is from the Liberal party.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NDP actually.

[–] CanadaRocks@piefed.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought it was introduced by Nate Erskine Smith?

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

It says Bachrach.