Don’t ever think that your vote won’t make a difference

I was always told two subjects that should never be discussed are politics and religion. 

Politics are a personal thing, and your vote can tell the powers-that-be what you think. 

You can stand on your soapbox and complain bitterly or rave ecstatically about the way our government is doing things, but if you don’t vote then you just need to be quiet. 

The only way to let the governing body know about your pleasure or displeasure is to cast your vote. Women especially should get out and cast a vote. 

The long road for us to get the “right” to vote has been fraught with imprisonment, hunger strikes, marches and even death. 

Dr. Emily Stowe started on the road to women’s right to vote. Manitoba was the first province to procure the voting right for women in 1916, the same year Saskatchewan and British Columbia followed suit. Quebec ladies did not get the right to vote until 1940. 

There are more women than men who can vote, according to certain demographics, so all the more reason for us to get out and cast our ballet. 

Don’t ever think that your vote won’t make a difference. Every vote counts. 

For the young people who have just turned 18 this year, please be informed and make your voice heard. In the U.S. it is the young generation that is really taking matters into their own hands and working hard to get gun laws changed. 

We are lucky here in Canada that we have sensible gun laws in place but the new generation of law makers and voters need to ensure that Canada remains the wonderful country that it is. Don’t think this is so? Just watch an American newscast any day of the week and you will see just how lucky we are. As Mrs. Nike would say, “Just do it”… Vote that is.