When I was mulling over the reasons for why Canadians are going to the polls to vote their concious for a speach I am writing I thought of this: National Voting Day
What I am proposing is a day, what would be a national holiday set for the middle of the week say wednesday, that would be a paid holiday like Christmas that would be enacted every time a Federal Election is called. I picked wednesday so people would be less inclined to just take off from their riding for some deserved R & R.
I propose this for some very obvious reasons. If we are to set aside a national day where all Canadians have the day off we could see a rise in voter turnout just because many will have easier access to getting out to vote. Beyond that though would be more of a sense of pride and duty to fullfill our civic duty.
Feedback would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance my fellow Canadians.![Stick out tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
edited for bad grammer![Eek! :eek: :eek:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
What I am proposing is a day, what would be a national holiday set for the middle of the week say wednesday, that would be a paid holiday like Christmas that would be enacted every time a Federal Election is called. I picked wednesday so people would be less inclined to just take off from their riding for some deserved R & R.
I propose this for some very obvious reasons. If we are to set aside a national day where all Canadians have the day off we could see a rise in voter turnout just because many will have easier access to getting out to vote. Beyond that though would be more of a sense of pride and duty to fullfill our civic duty.
Feedback would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance my fellow Canadians.
edited for bad grammer