VOTING IS A PRIVILEGE

Have you ever experienced a moment when you didn’t realize how good you had it until you didn’t have it?

You don’t realize how great your health is until you get sick.

You don’t realize how great air conditioning is until you visit a place without it.

You don’t realize how great our roads are until you visit a country with no infrastructure.

And most Canadians don’t realize how important your vote is.

Japanese Canadians were not allowed to vote until April 1, 1949.

This is why I do not take my right to vote for granted.