Why you should vote, even if you are going to vote for the "loser"
or a protest vote, from
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?...only=false#442
"These provisions entitled any party receiving a minimum percentage of the popular vote in a general election to an annual public allowance proportional to its share of votes."
"The share of votes cast that a candidate must receive to qualify for election expenses reimbursement was lowered from 15 to 10 percent, while the portion of eligible expenses increased from 50 to 60 percent."
Your vote enables other parties or independants to have more spending.
While there's probably more to it than that, I haven't read the whole
thing, this is one reason to vote.
ers