MANY CANADIANS BELIEVE 16 IS TOO YOUNG TO VOTE, SO WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE: The Vote16 Summit was held on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday (May 29, 2024) as part of a renewed push to try and lower Canada’s voting age. Sen. Marilou McPhedran has a bill before the senate that may come to a second reading vote in the coming weeks. If passed it would lower the national voting age to 16.
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to suspend the carbon tax, the federal fuel tax and GST on gasoline and diesel, between Victoria Day and Labour Day to give Canadians a “summer break” on inflation. ~National Post
The Conservatives estimate it would lower the price at the pumps by 35.6 cents per litre on average