{"id":117,"date":"2011-11-25T00:48:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T07:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/?p=117"},"modified":"2011-11-25T00:48:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T07:48:08","slug":"your-vote-your-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/2011\/11\/25\/your-vote-your-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Vote, Your Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cRapid growth: coming to a city near you\u201d<\/p>\n

Financialpost.com, FP Smart Shift, The Vancouver Sun<\/p>\n

by Christine Dobby, November 24,2011<\/p>\n

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Source: google images<\/p>\n

How many of us exercised our right to vote in the recent municipal elections?\u00a0 Middle-sized cities, with populations of between 150,000 to 10 million, are poised to drive future economic growth, so perhaps it\u2019s time to reexamine out apathetic approach to our democratic right to vote.\u00a0 With 577 middleweight cities expected to swiftly increase populations between 2007 and 2025, estimates forecast they will account for 50% of gross domestic product (GDP).\u00a0 Offering a gift-like opportunity for Canada, who has 20 middle-weight urban centers, there is an increased burden on local governments to rise to the challenge.\u00a0 Most are ill equipped to deal with the rapid pace of population growth.\u00a0 Without adept planning and organization, calamities such as a decline in quality of life and reduced economic vigor may be the result.\u00a0\u00a0 Local leaders need to be granted the mandate to act with sufficient power over the coming years to ensure that they are able to act in response to rapid growth in an appropriate and forward thinking manner.\u00a0 So, the next time you just don\u2019t feel like getting up on a Saturday to vote, think again \u2013 your future and very quality of life may be at stake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cRapid growth: coming to a city near you\u201d Financialpost.com, FP Smart Shift, The Vancouver Sun by Christine Dobby, November 24,2011 Source: google images How many of us exercised our right to vote in the recent municipal elections?\u00a0 Middle-sized cities, with populations of between 150,000 to 10 million, are poised to drive future economic growth, so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8329,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8329"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/hilaryj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}