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Canada should not change the voting age

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a recent Peak article titled “5 reasons why we should lower Canada’s voting age,” while Ms. Tamara Connor was correct to state that there isn’t a magic age of preparedness for voting, this isn’t a proper reason to lower the voting age, but rather more a reason to increase voter education, so young people do eventually feel prepared. As a society, we deny youth many things because they simply aren’t ready for the responsibility — credit cards, driver’s and marriage licenses, access to alcohol, and the like. Some people still aren’t ready even after they reach the age at…

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