Vote!

If you're reading this you better be voting on Nov 7th. Of course, unless you don't live in Saskatchewan, then you can ignore this message.

It's funny, I was never really that interested in politics in high school. I just didn't understand. Then I think in either my 1st or 2nd years in university, there was an election with issues that directly affected me, and all of a sudden I was involved. That year there were debates on minimum wage (I worked at Superstore at the time) and promise of a new lab building at the UofR, and privitization of crown corporations, which I've worked for a few and my family works for. That year I voted. I didn't understand the history or what I was doing or left or right parties, but it started something.

The next semester I needed an elective and it had to be a night class. The only one that fit was Political Science. I loathed taking that class, as mentioned above, I didn't know a thing about politics and thought I didn't care. But actually that class was one of the most interesting in my university carreer. I learned so much about our government and the history of the political parties and the political spectrum. And now I'm involved, and make sure I follow the issues on the news.

Saskatchewan is also one of these weird provinces where we don't seem to vote on the government we want but rather against the government we don't want. This election making a distinguished vote for NDP or Sask Party is hard, their promises and platforms seem the same. There's nothing that really makes one stand out from the other besides history and their perspective places in the political spectrum. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

You know how I'm voting. NDP. I don't think I could live with myself by crossing into the blue, it doesn't represent my values.....

But all, get educated and vote for who you want! Don't let others dictate how this province is run, you have a choice too!