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It means you&#8217;ll be getting minimum wage as opposed to a student wage and it also means you can vote for the very first time.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong> <broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s pretty exciting and important,\u201d said Chris Pearse. He and Hannah Bryon are both students at Huntsville High School. They are both doing their victory lap this year before leaving for post-secondary education next September. Pearse has been busy on social media telling everyone in his age group to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can say it\u2019s our civic duty, but it\u2019s also truly important personally for us to have a decision in things that affect us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pearse said while he\u2019s been getting a mixed response from his peers it seems \u201cyoung people in general seem to be more into the whole voting process this election than they ever have. There\u2019s been a large push from lots of celebrities and lots of other young people to be heavily involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Elections Canada only an estimated 38.8 per cent of voters between the ages of 18-24 voted in 2011, compared to 75.1 per cent for ages 65\u201374. Pearse says he\u2019s hoping that number will increase this time around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s always been a kind of a rebellious feeling of youth toward the government and I think that\u2019s because youth were always kind of left out of the political picture,\u201d said Pearse, adding that he\u2019s noticing a change. \u201cNow instead they\u2019re starting to realize that a lot of the things that people talk about in politics, and that governments decide on, has a large impact on them as well, if not now, then in the long-run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the issues of importance to youth, they say, is the environment, student tuition, jobs for youth and the electoral system itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to get too controversial but I\u2019m not a huge fan of the first-past-the-post systems that we have,\u201d said Pearse. \u201cFor example, if let\u2019s say the Green Party was represented by 10 per cent of the voters but didn\u2019t win a single riding because they always came second or third in the riding, they wouldn\u2019t get a single seat even though 10 per cent of voters voted for them. It\u2019s not a completely fair system, although if you were to change it there would certainly be a lot of kinks to work out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryon said what\u2019s engaged her most in this election are the ideas about student tuition, the environment and  healthcare.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>\u201cWe have a lot of new and fresh ideas happening that I\u2019ve noticed in the different parties that are at play and the way this election can go can completely change the face of Canada right now.<cite>Hannah Bryon<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They both agreed that protecting the environment is key. \u201cThere\u2019s been too much ignorance on the government level towards what is actually happening and too much defiance and not enough action. So I think we need to start moving in a positive direction,\u201d said Pearse on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Bryon agreed: \u201cI think all of the other issues at play in this election, all can be linked together through the issue of the environment. If our environment goes down the drain, so will our healthcare, so will our tourism\u2026 everything will go down the drain if our environment is at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also said healthcare in Huntsville is an issue of concern to her personally as well as the lowering of tuition fees as she will be going off to university next year. She said those are issues that are important to her and ones she\u2019ll be paying close attention to as she casts her vote on October 19.<\/p>\n<p>Pearse said the parties that are talking about lowering or eliminating tuition fees for students are also the ones that have resonated with him. He\u2019ll be working for Elections Canada on Election Day and so he\u2019s already cast his vote and is encouraging others to do the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>\u201cI am borderline dragging people to the polls.&#8221;<cite>Chris Pearse<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not an active person on social media but I\u2019ve never been more active than these last few months. I\u2019ve been sharing everything I can about votes,\u201d he said, adding that he\u2019s glad he took a grade 12 political science course that has helped him understand the system. He said many young people are encouraged to vote but not always educated about the system itself. That, he said, is important in order  to get more young people to vote.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how they\u2019d be voting, both Bryon and Pearse were not only adamant about the importance of voting but their right to keep their vote personal. 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