Thu Dec 2, 2021 – 4:00 pm EST
TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) — Citing “climate change” as a reason, a group of young Canadian launched a court challenge to lower Canada’s voting age to 16, with the help of left-leaning legal groups.
Ontario-based legal organization Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY) and the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights at the University of Toronto are leading the constitutional challenge in the Ontario Superior court, says a press release sent out Wednesday.
The press release lists 13 youths aged 12 to 17 who are challenging Canada’s voting age, wanting to lower it from 18 to 16.
The last time Canada’s voting age was reduced was in 1970, when it went from age 21 to 18.
The youths are arguing that the “Canada Elections Act, which prevents citizens under the age of 18 from voting in federal elections, is in violation of Sections 3 and 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is therefore unconstitutional,” according to the press release.
Environmental extremism in the name of “climate change” has seen an increase in Canada under Canada’s Liberal party Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Trudeau has cited “climate change” as a reason to push through a radical agenda that calls for an end to the nation’s oil and gas industry, which would devastate the livelihoods of millions.
Canada’s former pro-abortion minister
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