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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2024-10-24 18:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Paul Chiang",
"fr": "M. Paul Chiang"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8644636\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, our government recognizes that a healthy democracy requires youth engagement. Parliament has continued to support the current voting age of 18 for a variety of reasons. At the same time, important actions have been taken to further foster youth participation by the government and stakeholders, as well as youth-led organizations and initiatives. However, I would note that voters aged 18 to 24 continue to have much lower turnout than the national average. Our government believes more can be done to make voting easier for these electors, many of whom are post-secondary students. That is why the government's proposal to make voting on campus permanent through Bill <a data-HoCid=\"12954447\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-65/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act\">C-65</a> is so important.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8644637\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to thank Canadian youth for their continued engagement in our democratic institutions.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8644636\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, notre gouvernement sait qu'une saine d\u00e9mocratie requiert la participation des jeunes. Pour diverses raisons, le Parlement pense que l'\u00e2ge auquel on acquiert le droit de vote devrait \u00eatre maintenu \u00e0 18 ans. Par la m\u00eame occasion, le gouvernement, diverses parties prenantes, ainsi que des organismes et des initiatives men\u00e9es par des jeunes ont pris diverses mesures pour stimuler la participation des jeunes. Je note toutefois que le taux de participation des \u00e9lecteurs \u00e2g\u00e9s de 18 \u00e0 24 ans reste beaucoup plus faible que la moyenne nationale. Notre gouvernement est d'avis qu'il est possible d'en faire plus pour rendre l'acc\u00e8s au vote plus facile pour ces \u00e9lecteurs, dont un bon nombre sont des \u00e9tudiants de niveau postsecondaire. Voil\u00e0 pourquoi la proposition du gouvernement visant \u00e0 p\u00e9renniser le vote sur les campus gr\u00e2ce au projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"12954447\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-65/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act\">C\u201165</a> est si importante. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8644637\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je tiens \u00e0 remercier les jeunes Canadiens pour leur engagement continu \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de nos institutions d\u00e9mocratiques. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/10/24/paul-chiang-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/paul-chiang/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4643/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12948580",
"h1": {
"en": "Adjournment Proceedings",
"fr": "Motion d'ajournement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Electoral Reform",
"fr": "La r\u00e9forme \u00e9lectorale"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/10/24/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F10%2F24%2F"
}
}