Bid to drop voting age to 16 among crop of private members’ bills: other MPs craft bills dealing with capital punishment, farm subsidies, child custody and Native veterans

Just about every MP has had one at some time or another, and a few have even had hundreds. While only a handful of Private Members' Bills every get passed, their key points do occasionally make it into future government bills. At the very least, they're an attempt to draw some public attention to...

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