Voter apathy a concern for Vaughan federal candidates
With Vaughan voters heading to the polls May 2 for the third time in seven months, there’s one thing their candidates seem to agree on: some residents are tired of elections.
With Vaughan voters heading to the polls May 2 for the third time in seven months, there’s one thing their candidates seem to agree on: some residents are tired of elections.
Despite being a Liberal stronghold since the early 1990s, Scarborough is expected to be a battleground in the upcoming federal election. The winds of change rushed over the bluffs of Scarborough to bring in right-leaning Rob Ford last year as mayor of Toronto. It is this change, of course, the Conservatives are hoping to take advantage of come May 2.
Historically, Canada’s youth has been almost absent from the polls. But with this years election being dubbed the first ‘social media election’, the time has come for young voters to exercise their right.
The room quickly filled with excited volunteers ranging from teenagers to seniors. Some were seeing each other for the first time in months. They had gathered in Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis’s campaign office on March 30 to cheer him on as he officially launched his eighth run for the Scarborough-Agincourt seat in the May 2 federal election.
The new Instructional Centre at the University of Toronto Scarborough is about more than a new school building, the federal industry minister says. “This [centre] is part of a broader context, the broader context is the economy,” Tony Clement said.
As calls for Bev Oda, the embattled minister of international co-operation, to step down continued this week, some in her own riding have expressed a lack of confidence. One of those voices belongs to Grant…