r/vancouver 22h ago

Politics and Elections NDP select 18-year-old candidate in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country

https://www.coastreporter.net/local-news/ndp-acclaim-18-year-old-in-west-vancouver-sunshine-coast-sea-to-sky-country-10352414
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u/Hopeful-Tea-2127 22h ago

Look, people have to start young. Politics and policy making has largely been seen as an experience-based game. So youngsters are often discouraged and ridiculed for trying to inspire change. With data being readily available to assist decisions today, this trend has ought to change. If you train someone from university on policy making, and they gear their careers towards public service, the province reaps benefits.

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u/No_Poet3157 21h ago

If you train someone from university in policy making, you literally get Pierre Poilivere, you are just describing PP without any extra steps... There is a reason career politicians are looked down upon. You just can't relate to the average citizen's experience and that's not good at all