honestly listening to the young and wanting to help them or they could be using and exploiting the young for the power of their votes because they might seem more ignorant to the truths than the older generations. Any way one looks at the lower voting age in Iraq it is apparent that the youth vote does count and that the politicians are listening. Compared to Canada where the young are not even really considered into the demographics and results of an election it seems more democratic.Taking the pros and the cons of the issue in question it is hard to come up with a valid solution but provincial and federal governments have already started. Along with campaigns such as "Rush the Vote" and others the government is interested in lowering the voting age. National Democratic Party MP Nelson Riis has seemingly spearheaded the movement and states "it's time the walls come down" (Charlottetown Guardian). He has introduced a private members bill in parliament that if passed will lower the voting age in Canada and all of its provinces from eighteen to sixteen. Sixteen is the ideal age in which most of the youth today feel mature enough and educated enough to vote. Riis claims he has support from all house parties and among fellow MPs but it is still to be seen if the bill will make it through the process and lower the age. Something should be done, be it addressing the problems in another way or lowering the age because it is becoming increasingly apparent that the youth of Canada are not currently satisfied with the system and they are the future of Canada. Organizations such as Youthspeak, which was founded by a 15-year-old and is designed to lower the voting age and encourages youth rights in politics. A statement from their website reads; "YouthSpeak's primary focus issue is youth enfranchisement: that is youth political power! We work to eliminate the voting age, and support a constitutional amendment that would lower it. We also work for...
