Voting

Today is the day we excercise our most sacred right as citizens of a free and democractic country, our right to vote. I don't consider voting to be a right, so much as I consider it a requirement. It is our responsibility and duty as members of a free and democratic nation to vote. It is our reposibility to enforce democracy by going out and excercising it. You may think that voting is a waste of time and that nothing ever changes, but in not voting you invite others to dictate your government to you. That is the first cause of the democratic deficit in this country. Maybe if more people realized their need to vote they would translate their frustration with the current process into positive democratic change. Throwing your hands in the air and saying why bother doesn't do any good, it only gives your power away to someone else. It is everyone's job as members of a free society to excercise the fundamental right that keeps that society free. Voting is not a right, it is a sacred trust and it is the duty of every citizen of Canada to perform. Today!