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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
One other thing:
First-past-the-post has long been viewed as the primary culprit behind declining turnout, contributing to Canadians’ belief that their votes don’t count.
Does anyone really think that is the cause of declining turnout? Nothing to do with ever present scandals, lack of vision and leadership of the parties?
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Absolutely it is, especially among the younger generations. If you lived in Calgary (or most ridings in Alberta and Saskatchewan) for instance, and you don't vote Conservative, why would you even leave your house on election day? Trudeau also proposed looking into online voting, which might be the best thing he's promised so far, although then he added that he wanted to make voting mandatory, which is dumb.