Youth missing from campaign conversations

Despite making up nearly 30 per cent of the country’s population, youth remain on the political sidelines.

While party leaders speak about economic resilience, innovation, and global competitiveness, there has been little-to-no meaningful engagement with the very generation that will be responsible for delivering on these promises in the years ahead, writes Jennifer Flanagan.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Opinion

BY JENNIFER FLANAGAN

April 16, 2025

Canada is now in week four of what’s being called one of the country’s most consequential federal elections. The campaign comes at a critical juncture, as this countrt navigates a trade war with our neighbour to the south—one that has sparked a renewed sense of nationa...

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