In a few days, the Senate of Canada will be voting on whether to send Bill S-201 (otherwise known as the Vote 16 Act or #Vote16) to committee. The Vote 16 Act would amend the Canada Elections Act by lowering the voting age in federal elections from 18 to 16.

by Asante Haughton, ​for The 44 North Guest Writer & Editor X: @asantetalks IG: @asantetalks Web: asantetalks.net Asante Haughton is a TEDx Speaker, Human Rights Activist, Change-Maker, Dream Chaser, Visionary. Link to his TEDx talk   here .  A butterfly flying over water. I had a breakdown this summer. ​ I was on the floor, holding my knees, rocking back and forth, ugly crying. Two months later I’m evolving into the best version of myself that ever existed. Complete transfor

I remember lying with my face pressed against the cold tiles on my bathroom floor in agony. One arm wrapped around my abdomen, the other aimlessly scrolling on TikTok as a distraction from the previous vomit I had just cried up and nearly fainted, again, from the level of pain my body was experiencing.