On Thursday, March 27, 2025, La Fédération des jeunes francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick (FJFNB), an organization that advocates for youth francophone rights and culture in New Brunswick, delivered an open letter to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. The letter demanded that New Brunswick MLAs begin discussing the possibility of lowering the voting age in the province from 18 to 16. In a show of solidarity, several students from Fredericton’s Ecole Sainte Anne helped deliver the letter. Ecole Sainte Anne Student Council President, Romane Doucet said that students at her school held a meeting to discuss a lowered voting age, during which it was clear that the majority of students supported the potential change. The supporters of the open letter reason that sixteen and seventeen year old New Brunswickers already participate in most areas of public life (driving, paying taxes, joining the military, etc.) but cannot participate directly in politics. After starting the conversation with this open letter, FJFNB President Emma Raphaelle said the next step is to go into Fredericton’s Anglophone schools to continue giving high schoolers a voice in provincial politics.
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