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Originally Posted by guyy
I disagree that the Canadian young people of 10 years ago were more engaged. There was plenty of cynicism and disaffection back then, at least among the young Quebeckers i dealt with at the time. "Parti Quebecois, parti bourgeois" was the chant, and really, people had been voicing the same opinion years before. The only people who chanted that were student activists, but a lot of people who didn't get involved at all felt that way, too.
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But that's exactly my point. People
had an opinion ten years ago. Ten years ago I was fourteen and I had very strong opinions regarding politics. Nowadays it's just apathy. Anecdotally, I feel like most young Canadians just don't care at this point.
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Originally Posted by guyy
I miss CRAP. Now that was an acronym!
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The kind that only Stockwell Day could think was a good idea.
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I don't know how different Canadian and American politics really are. Of course the money amounts are going to be an order of magnitude greater in the US. But in the end, the same pro-business agenda slides out of both parliamentary bodies.
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Would parliamentary body be the correct term in the US? After all, the US does not (so far as I know) have a parliament. Sure, congress is functionally nearly identical, but given how hard the Americans fought
not to have a parliament, I would think that the term might be misapplied.
Semantics aside, I'm less concerned with the political agendas and more curious about direct voter involvement. Do the American people care more about who runs their country than the Canadian people do? Do Americans as a whole (and young Americans in particular) understand the issues and the party platforms? And how does their level of understanding contrast to that of young Canadians?