[van-announce] Screw The Vote

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Screw The Vote

Where:
Surrey/Vancouver

When:
Monday, 19th of April 2004 from 5:00 PM until approximately 6:30 PM

Cost: None

SCREW THE VOTE!
A tongue-in-cheek approach to youth voting in Canada.

According to Elections Canada, barely 25 percent of young electors (aged 18-24) 
exercised their right to vote in the 2000 federal election. When Prime 
Minister Paul Martin finally calls an election in 2004, will anyone care?

CBC play host Jian Ghomeshi goes on the road to convince that slim minority 
that's actually going to the polls they shouldn't bother. Yes even 
Ghomeshi, the eternal optimist and political activist, has been silenced. 
Why bother fighting it? There's just no point.

Are you 30 or under?  If you are we want to hear from you!

The CBC is coming to town as part of their cross-Canada expose on youth voting.  
Vancouver area dates include an event in Surrey on April 19th and another at 
Robson Square in downtown Vancouver on April 20th.

The Surrey rally will take place at the Tom Binnie Youth Centre on April 19th at 5 
pm.  In attendance will be the hometown political action group - the Canadian 
Democratic Movement.

The Youth Centre can be found at:  10665 135th Street in Surrey BC.
It is only a few minutes walk from the Gateway skytrain station.

The Federal riding of Surrey North was chosen because it has the dubious 
distinction of having one of the lowest voter turnouts among youth in all of Canada.

The Vancouver rally will be a 'streeter'.  The CBC will be conducting impromptu 
questions to youthful passerby at Robson Square on April 20th starting in 
the early afternoon.

Whether you are a cut and dried conservative poster child or a raging anarchist - we 
WANT to hear from YOU!

For more information please contact:
screwthevote at canadiandemocraticmovement.ca
Or surf on over to www.cbc.ca/screwthevote 

For more information:
Roy Whyte
screwthevote at canadiandemocraticmovement.ca

www.cbc.ca/screwthevote

This event is being organised by Canadian Democratic Movement
  




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