February 11th, 2010
IN ONTARIO, ONCE YOU’RE 18 YEARS OLD, YOU CAN:
- vote in municipal, provincial, and federal elections
- serve alcohol
- go to war with the armed forces
- sign contracts
- drop out of high school
- live on your own
- enroll in University or College
- be a licensed practitioner of virtually any skilled trade
- own and purchase your own gun
- have a full “G” drivers license
- purchase pornography
- be filmed/photographed for pornography
- be an exotic dancer
- have no protections under the Youth Criminal Justice Act
Benefits of Drinking age of 18:
Democratic rights: Fairness and equality under the law, as guaranteed by section 15 of the charter.
Social freedom: Ability for adults of age 18 to follow friends into areas that serve liquor: pubs, clubs, casinos, etc.
Ease burden of legal system: discard charges related to this legislation; our courts already have long waiting periods due to the large number of cases.
If alcohol was labeled for mature people, the drinking age would be 90. There are 18 years old who abuse alcohol, but there are 30 years old even 50 years old who abuse alcohol that also get into drunk driving accidents. An age doesn’t decide on ones maturity.
I think that more should be done to educate adults on drunk driving. Educating 18 year olds about that topic is easier than educating 30-50 years old. Why? Because when one is 30, they feel that they don’t need lessons on drinking and driving; they are old enough to make that decision.
these are my opinions, what are your thoughts?
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February 11th, 2010
As an independent you wouldn’t have to worry about this, but is it fair to vote against the people who voted you into power just because your Party says you have to? Is this democracy?
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February 11th, 2010
Niagara Falls should be allowed to vote online take a look at the city of Markham the town saw a 48 per cent jump in online voter turnout. We the people of Niagara Falls need a high voter turnout and voting online would boost our turnout
What do you all think?
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February 11th, 2010
Do you find that city councils fail to think ahead long term by hastely pass weak by-laws and enact poorly thought-out city plans or just do nothing except balance budgets and use the “it’s not in our budget” as a means to off-load responsibility, accountability and/or innovation?
Do they seem like they are just interested in another paycheck and/or popularity and have non-genuine concerns for the people or are they just misunderstood and are a target for media and upset constituents?
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March 5th, 2009
2000 on the ballot it stated
“ARE YOU IN FAVOUR OF CHANGING THE EXISTING WARD SYSTEM OF ELECTING ALDERMEN IN THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS?”
The result was that 10,186 electors voted “NO”, while 10,162 voted “YES”, nearly an even split.
“In May of 2002 Council passed a couple of by-laws that dealt with the municipal elections. One was to reduce the number of Aldermen elected from 12 down to 8 for upcoming elections. The other by-law was “To eliminate the ward system of electoral representation and replace it with an at-large system of electoral representation.” this was sent to me by a city worker
I feel there is more accountability under a ward system and a strong voice so that all parts of Niagara Falls can voice.
what are your thoughts and feelings about this
Newspaper Article:
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March 5th, 2009
i feel it is very important to keep it.
what do you all think?
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