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Essay / Canada's Electoral System - 1380
In Canada's democratic government, voting is a powerful way for citizens to communicate their values. The chosen leader reflects the power of Canadian values. So, for the government, every vote counts, ensuring Canadians that their opinions matter. Today, Canada recognizes voting as a fundamental right for all its citizens. The Canadian Charter of Rights effectively protects this right of all Canadians, even minorities, through section 3. "Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in the election of members of the House of Commons or of a large legislative assembly and to be eligible. adherence to it. This guarantees equal voting for all Canadians. Equality means providing equal opportunities to all Canadians, regardless of race, religion, gender, etc. different. However, in the past, this fundamental right has not always been accessible to everyone. In fact, voting was considered a privilege where citizens had to qualify to be able to vote. The rules were so strict that only eleven percent of the population of Canada in the past could have voted, compared to seventy-eight percent today. Many of these rules about who could vote and who couldn't were very unfair. This was particularly observed in minority groups who did not have the right to vote, the right to vote. In this essay, we will see that voting inequalities have made racial exclusions, religious exclusions and gender exclusions more pronounced. It will be seen that the government treated certain races with intentional discrimination, thereby creating a lack of opportunity to vote. Additionally, the government demonstrated bias toward certain religious groups, denying them the right to vote. And, finally, we will see that opinions against women have helped...... middle of article...... women, we can agree that gender exclusion has been an important effect of the inequality of the right to vote. In conclusion, it is clear that due to the inequality of voting rights, exclusions related to gender, religion and race were pronounced side effects. Gender exclusions manifested themselves through inequality in voting rights due to the views of women in society. Religious exclusions were expressed through unequal opportunities to vote and through prejudice against religions. And racial exclusions were revealed, through the inability to vote, as intentional discrimination of which these races were victims. While others will argue that these group exclusions can be seen through other actions, electoral inequalities make this clear. Indeed, when only specific groups can vote, we can see that other groups are unfairly treated with regard to their right to vote...