If you don’t want to hear my very common sense proposition for effecting change and ending apathy in this country, then close this window.

I think we’re all tired of the childish bickering on the hill. Most will agree that neither the Conservative nor the Liberals are good for this country. So, why do we keep reelecting them?!

We have another choice, it’s to vote orange. It doesn’t matter if we agree with the NDP’s platform or not, or if we think Jack Layton would make a good Prime Minister. I used to a card carrying member of the NDP, but somewhere along the way I forgot why. Now, I remember. It is the promise of change that inspired my loyalty, not necessarily a belief in their platform.

Nothing ever changes in this country because we are so apathetic as to vote in disgracefully small numbers. Why not take ten minutes out of your day on May 2 and vote for change? Electing the NDP to at at least a minority government would speak much louder than not voting at all.

Voting is such a privilege. How many people the world over are dying daily in the hope that a future generation in their country will have that privilege? Voting is not a pointless exercise and it can make a difference if we’ll just stand together and say we’ve had enough with Conservative and Liberal pettiness.

So, if you weren’t going to vote on May 2, or didn’t know whom to vote for, make a pledge to vote orange.