I initially said, you know, this is a very progressive bill, said Minister of Social Development and Housing Brad Trivers, one of the PCs who voted to lower the voting age in 2017.
Trivers said he spoke with his very engaged 14-year-old daughter and her friends about the bill, and I thought, you know, in general there s probably a lot of support for this.
Minister of Social Development and Housing Brad Trivers said his constituents are against lowering the voting age, so he had to vote against the bill.(Legislative Assembly of P.E.I.)
But he said when he spoke to people in his district, I was quite frankly surprised at the opposition to it, so I really had to rethink my position, representing my constituents.