every Single Vote Matters on election day

Canada had a fixed election date set for October 2023 but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election on August 15, 2021.

Trudeau had formed a minority government two years ago but this time around, the Liberals are seeking a new a new mandate to steer Canada’s pandemic exit. While the COVID policies have been regarded as a success by a large majority, many are skeptical about the move. Why now during the fourth wave of the pandemic? Will this gamble pay off? What seemed like an easy win mid-August is now becoming a very tough competition as polls continue to shift, with an apparent battle of numbers between the Conservatives and the Liberals for majority with the National Democrat Party trailing behind for third. Election night is promised to be a nail biter. The elections are slated for September 20, 2021. Regardless of where our political affiliations are, the Muslim community ought to participate and vote. This time around, Mr. Syed Mohsin from Conservative Party (Surrey-Newton) and Mr. Talib Noormohmed from Liberal Party (Vancouver-Granville) are members of Muslim community who have been nominated by their parties.

Voting as a responsibility

Voting is a right of all eligible voters in any country. It is seen as the normal or typical form of political activity and it remains the primary means of political participation. The goal of any voting system is to establish the intent of each individual voter and translate those intents into a final tally or reality. According to Abraham Lincoln; “No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent”This further explains that in a truly democratic society, governments are instituted among qualified and responsible men who derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Voting is the first duty of democracy. The government is based on citizens’ votes for representation. In a democracy, your vote is your voice and the act of standing up for what you believe. Voting helps to preserve our way of life. One man. one vote” is the fairest method to choose leaders in any democratic society. Voting is a patriotic right to choose your representative government. A citizen’s vote is a secret ballot. Voting is the most important exercise a citizen will do as a responsible citizen of a democratic nation. In a functioning democracy, being able to vote allows citizens to express their political opinions by voting for a particular policy or candidate that has their best interest in mind. By this, you can decide your very own future by opting for a candidate who might speculate your own aspects and possibly those people who share the same opinion with you. Whereas all five of the key contesting parties (Liberals, Conservative, NDP, Green, and Bloc Quebecois) are laboring overtime to woo the electorate for the formation of the next government at Ottawa, but which of them emerges victorious at the end is yet to be determined. Nonetheless, it is of the essence for every voter to cast his/her vote, for every single vote matters in the elections. So far as the local Muslim populace is concerned, it is of crucial importance for it to go to the designated polling stations of their respective areas to exercise it’s the hard-earned right of a franchise that has been bestowed upon the people being the citizens of the country of its adoption. Every vote matters in the democratic setup of the government, where the people are its real architects. This is the precise reason that the Miracle newspaper we are creating awareness in the Islamic community for its positive and energetic participation in the electoral process, may that be at the Federal level or else at the Local or Provincial levels. It is, however, regretted to point out that despite the repeated wake-up calls the local Muslim Ummah does not deem it appropriate to pay heed to the wake-up alarms and let the opportunity of sending more of its representatives in the Federal legislation Canada slip out of its hands. Consequently, the representation of this community at all levels of governance is devastatingly much below its proportion. Putting together every solitary vote matters for winning the elections in the same way as the little drops of water are required to contribute their might to make an ocean. The youth volunteers can accomplish this productive job conveniently and effectively. Besides, it is equally imperative for all the organizations of the community operating in this area to formulate some tangible plan and educate the people for the future on this issue of crucial importance, as the cycle for the forthcoming general elections at different levels continues to roll ahead on the footing of four years term under the law.

If You Don’t Vote

For everyone that complains that they don’t like how the government is running things now and for everyone that thinks the government is on the right track, today is your day — Election Day. Nobody in this world has the right to complain about how our government is working, how our representatives are voting, or how corrupt our state government is unless he or she has voted. Voting for our representatives is the cornerstone of our democracy, and we do have the power to change how the government works through our votes. Voting takes very little time, and if you did not vote for a candidate you should not complain, because you did not even take the time to vote for those people who make the decisions. However, the sad fact of this world is that most people do not vote. They do not think it is worth the time; they don’t think their one vote will matter, and they think that there is nothing that can be done to fix the way politics are now. Those people are wrong. While change is never easy or fast it can be done, and voters have proven they can speak with one very loud voice. The only thing someone can do that is worse than not voting is voting blindly. Voters need to make sure they are sending someone into an office they think can do the best job. Read the newspaper today, and get a grasp on the people running for office, and then go into the voting booth. Better yet, take a minute right now to contemplate what issues are the most important to you and your family, and then take a look at what the candidates believe in. If you don’t know what you believe in, don’t complain when someone does it for you.

In short, go vote. These are the people that represent you in the Federal government and make decisions that directly affect your life. Do the job right, and make sure they are representatives you believe in. Waan Laysa Lil Insana illa ma’ sa’aa That man can have nothing but what he strives for.