Young voter turnout in Canada
"[5] The study by Jon H. Pammett and Lawrence LeDuc employed by Elections Canada reveals just how large the gap between the youngest and oldest voters has become.
An analysis of basic theoretical reasons behind the low voter turnout of young Canadians was done based on quantitative and qualitative research.
It will highlight demographic trends in Canada and have created this new fixation on age as a major determinant of political participation and public policy.
"In a decade or two, the younger voters will be in the prime of their lives and paying for the political choices of their now departed grandparents which are not likely to reflect the priorities or, one could speculate, the needs of next Canada.
[18] Disengagement from the political agenda setting becomes significant as the age of our population rises, but their relative clout has been dramatically magnified by the declining voting rates of younger citizens.
"[19] Nanos Research conducted a survey for individuals aged 18 years or older between August 13 and September 30, 2011, to question, "What is your most important PROVINCIAL issue of concern?"
Evidently, Ekos Politics constructed a survey in October 2010 that asked which party you would vote for if a federal election were held tomorrow.
[22] According to Ekos Politics, they predicted, "a Liberal majority government, though we observed a last-minute shift to the Progressive Conservative Party, and cautioned that the final outcome was far from certain.
"[31] They add, "census research indicates that youths consider education to be of the utmost importance in opening doors for future employment and assisting them to integrate into society.
"[32] Particularly, Canadian society is structured based on shared values of family, education, work, the democratic system as well as bilingualism and multiculturalism.
Globalization traces with trade and cultural exchanges, which expanded to experience international adaptability and web engines to explore differences.
"Three basic categories of permanent residents, which correspond to major program objectives: reuniting families, contributing to economic development and protecting refugees.
CLC President Ken Geogetti was commenting in regards to the latest release from Statistics Canada of its Labour Force Survey for September 2011 that "Too many of our young workers are unemployed, too many of them are stuck in part-time jobs and Ottawa should be paying particular attention to them.
"[48] "You might add the 22.9% (of non-voters) who claimed to be "too busy" to vote"[49] How demographic of young voter turnouts emerging ethnic diversification factor?
It also demonstrates the impact of differences of social class, gender and educational experiences in shaping young people's political orientations and knowledge.
[55] However, as Stephen P. Nicholson mentions in Voting The Agenda that McCombs and Shaw (1972)[56] were the first to examine the agenda-setting effect of media on public sphere.
Nicholson continually demonstrates examples of Lyengar and Kinder (1987),[56] drawing on both experimental and quasi-experimental designs, and also found that media coverage of issues had a significant agenda-setting effect.
The core vision of Toronto Star aims to engage "in the full and frank dissemination of news and opinion, and to do so working within the highest standards of journalistic integrity.
[58] In addition, Joseph E. Atkinson comments that the principles of The Star are: "A strong and united Canada, civic engagement, individual and civil liberties, a necessary role for effective government and the rights of working people.
Indeed, The Star concludes with "voters who believe Canada should aspire to something greater than the crabbed, narrow vision offered by the Harper Conservatives should look to Jack Layton and the New Democrats on Monday.
A discourse of The Globe and Mail focuses exclusively on voice of the High Class elites agenda issues such as "the Bay Street financial community of Toronto and the intellectuals of university and government institutions."
The Globe prevails the range of offerings to attract elites, well educated, and comfortably well-off high-income audience, whom numbered among the nation's agenda setters.
"[60] The basis of right wing editorial by The Globe, they praises opinion makers support Conservatives' ambitious efforts to cover their campaigns on newspapers.
[66] Based on the evidence of The Star and Globe political agenda-settings presented, it would be premature to talk of a crisis of representing election campaign.
declared Andrew Coyne, national editor, MacLean's magazine who discussed newspaper coverage of the election campaign including narrative-setting, agendas, bias, and spin on September 27, 2011, at University of Toronto, St.Michael's College class with Dr. Gerald Caplan, political columnist at Globe and Mail.
In so doing, the media are reinforcing the political status quo by constraining oppositional mobilization, an impact consistent with the lap dog view.
"[71] Studies show that current young adult voters turned out to be a political participation because the moral standards are different from parents' generation.
And while it is by no means exclusively a Canadian political phenomenon, the decline in electoral participation by young adults is more steel in Canada than in other advanced democracies.
Indeed, the contents of newspapers hardly influence the insights of young Canadians because they contribute to contradicted social values and differentiate the political agenda settings.
[75] Marc Mayrand, Canada's chief electoral officer says "As a civil society, we need to come together and determine concrete action that could be taken in a co-ordinated matter to seek to engage and re-engage youth in their democracy," he said.
