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Let's not kid ourselves: the election results show Canada is in great danger
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this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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I don't agree with this, mostly because that age range is perhaps the most influenced by social media and "misogynist male influencers".
They are too young to know better at that age, and to throw away their future because Joe Rogan or Andrew "The Rapist" Tate manipulated them is just not what this country needs.
But an overhaul of our election system is needed, and laws need to be made that protect people from the barrage of misinformation we are seeing more of every day.
Is this really your experience with +16 years old? If so, you should get your province to invest more in education.
They(16yo) can drive, they can enlist.
In most provinces, they are choosing their career, trade, university, and with fresh knowledge of history and geopolitics they get from schools.
And there is no magical switch that flips when you turn 18. The sooner they start thinking about their future, the better.
Many countries already allowed 16 years old people to vote, for more than 20 years, and they did not become a misogynist hell-hole.
Also, setting the age to 16 pretty much means the average person won't vote until 18 based on election timing. If government is elected when you're 17, you might not vote until you are 21.
Some countries allow you to vote in primaries if you will be at voting age by the time of the main elections. It also helps when they have consistent voting days, and alternate elections every 2 years (federal/province for example).
If the provinces and cities also lower the voting age, they will be able to vote much sooner than 18/21.