Mandatory Voting – Ont. Liberal Corruption
Mandatory Voting – Ont. Liberal Corruption
The Fair Elections Act has passed the Commons at last, and seems destined to become law before long. It is a much amended bill, and much improved for it: Some of the most contentious sections, such as the ban on vouching or the exemption from campaign spending limits for expenses incurred in fundraising, have been modified or removed.
Amongst the provisions that remain, however, is the one prohibiting Elections Canada from taking out ads encouraging people to vote. Conservatives hold fast to the view that getting out the vote is the responsibility of political parties, not the government. Elections Canada’s efforts are inevitably biased, they feel, because they are focused on groups, such as students, who are less likely to vote — and who, as it happens, are even less likely to vote Conservative.
Will democracy suffer as a result? Elections Canada can scarcely claim great success for its efforts. Turnout at the federal level has dropped from the 75% it averaged for most of the post-war period to just 61% in the last election. Yet turnout in federal elections is high compared with most provinces. If recent trends hold, just half of eligible voters will cast their ballots in next month’s Ontario election.
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/05/14/andrew-coyne-like-jury-duty-or-paying-your-taxes-voting-should-be-mandatory/
Liberals
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