Students at the University of Western Ontario, Fanshawe College, and London City Highschools are organizing our very own Vote Mob to let Canada know that in this election, students want to be heard.
Inspired by a recent election version of Rick Mercer's famous "Rick's Rants" (http://youtu.be/OYgwUQTSC3I) and the University of Guelph's Vote Mob we've decided to get the word out.
London, let's do this big.
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Come to Victoria Park on Saturday, April 30th dressed in your most Canadian outfit! Canadian flags, jerseys, and your loudest noisemakers are highly encouraged. Otherwise wear your school's gear or something fun! Check the partisan agendas at the door please!
What kicked off the Vote Mob initiatives across Canada was a call to action by Rick Mercer:
"This time around, do the unexpected. Take 20 minutes out of your day and do what young people all over the world are dying to do. VOTE." - Rick Mercer
Rick is going to be in town and we're hoping to have him come out.
This election (#elxn41) marks the first election in which students are able to easily and directly communicate with your local candidates on our own terms. Candidates have flocked to the internet to utilize tools in which many of them never knew existed.
We want to let students understand that voting and politics don't always have to be complicated, daunting, or argumentative.
If the youth of Canada stood up and voted this election we could change the face of politics in this country. Governments would begin to cater more to young people as they vie for our votes.
Let's show Canada that London's youth, whether from UWO, Fanshawe, highschool, or the community, are VOTING on May 2nd!
If you find politics to be overwhelming or if you find yourself lost in a sea of rhetoric and scandal you're in luck. The CBC has come up with a useful tool to help people figure out where they lie ideologically within the political spectrum. It's called Vote Compass and you can find it here:
http://federal.votecompass.ca/
It only takes about a minute to go through the questions and is pretty straightforward.
- @craighunteresq