How Michael Thompson voted at council

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1. 2024.MM22.6POSTPONE

   Extending Voting Opportunities in City Polls to 16- and 17-Year-Olds

   In Canada, the minimum voting age is currently 18 across all jurisdictions. Fourteen Canadian municipal councils and school boards have passed motions in support of extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds, or studying the policy: 1. Pickering City Council, 2004 2. Lethbridge City Council, 2015 3. Edmonton City Council, 2016 4. Edmonton Catholic School Board, 2017 5. Edmonton Public Schools, 2017 6. Calgary City Council, 2018 7. Strathcona County Council, 2018 8. Winnipeg School Division, 2018 9. Victoria City Council, 2019 10. Vancouver City Council, 2021 11. Vernon City Council, 2021 12. Saanich City Council, 2021 13. Whitehorse City Council, 2024 14. Penticton City Council, 2024 Similar motions are currently anticipated in West Vancouver, Kamloops, Surrey, Halton Hills, and Cape Breton. While beneficial to building public support in communities across the country, these campaigns have been limited by provincial/territorial jurisdiction over municipal election law. The City of Toronto’s polls for changes in a neighbourhood present an opportunity for the City to become the first in Canada to unilaterally allow 16- and 17- year-olds the opportunity to vote. This summa…

   City Council · 2024-10-10 14:24 PM

   Waive Referral

   Michael Thompson's vote: Absent

   Two-Thirds required - MM22.6 - Waive referral

   Motion result

   Carried

   Recorded tally

   17-7

   Source outcome