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Elections

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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Elections

Mr. Melkonian
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election

what do you think when you hear this word?
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democracy has changed a lot

since before the time of confederation
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maybe we have different perspectives...

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what was once considered democratic

could be viewed repressive by a new generation
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who has the right to vote?

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we believe in franchise

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Franchise - all citizens over age of 18 have the right to vote.

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this wasn't always the case...

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denied right to vote

during the years after confederation
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Race, sex, poverty, religion, age, employment, disability, and imprisonment were some factors

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10 of first 13 federal elections

right to vote determined by individual provinces
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rules deciding who could vote

different depending on which province a person lived in.
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Why is universal franchise (the right of all citizens over the age of 18) an important milestone for Canadian democracy?

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Peter Melkonian