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RSS FeedsThese millennials didn´t vote in 2015. But they say this election is different
(The Star Food)

 
 

5 october 2019 15:25:37

 
These millennials didn´t vote in 2015. But they say this election is different
(The Star Food)
 


Four years ago, the federal election didn’t captivate Sakeena Mahmood much. She tends to lean left, and was sure the wave of excitement around Justin Trudeau would land him the prime minister’s job, with or without her vote.“I was a bit younger too and didn’t understand that every vote actually matters a lot,” the Barrie, Ont., resident, now 26, says. “I never thought that this is going to be something which is going to impact me so much.”But then the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shooting happened, and Mahmood was shaken. The suspect’s manifesto mentioned French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen and also praised U.S. President Donald Trump as a symbol for white identity. For Mahmood, that hit home the connection between politics and the hateful ideologies that can lead to violence. That realization is part of what’s now motivating Mahmood, and other millennials who didn’t vote last time, to vote in this year’s federal election. For many, the rise of populism and a fear of divisive politics in the last few years is jarring them into taking the ballot more seriously this year. Bruce Anderson, chairman of Abacus Data, says issues around affordability, including housing and student debt, as well as climate change are top of mind for young voters this year. But alongside those two big concerns is the idea of politics becoming more polarized, particularly around diversity and equality, he says. While all that did come up in 2015, with the Conservatives’ proposed niqab ban at citizenship ceremonies and a “barbaric cultural practices” hotline, Anderson says young people may be even more attuned to it this year.“I do believe that younger people experience more viscerally, probably because so many of them live in urban areas, this notion of ‘we can’t even contemplate being disinterested in diversity or being equivocal about diversity. It’s just who we are, ...


 
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