Encouraging people – particularly young people – to play an active role in electoral politics may seem challenging. Canadians are struggling to come to terms with a world which is battling climate crisis after climate crisis, growing inequality and more; and to engage with politics at a time like this can become discouraging. People may feel disenchanted from the entire political system. 

In this clip NDP Member of Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Niki Ashton acknowledges the political burnout Canadians are facing and explains that, despite this, becoming involved is the key for real change. 

This is a clip from rabble’s most recent live politics panel: Off the Hill: Catching up on US and Canadian politics. Guests this month included NDP Member of Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Niki Ashton, policy analyst Chuka Ejeckam, poet and activist El Jones and rabble’s own parliamentary reporter Karl Nerenberg. Co-hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies. 

Off the Hill is a fast-paced live panel on current issues of national significance, hosted by Robin Browne and Libby Davies. This series focuses on the impact politics and policy have on people and on ways to mobilize to bring about progressive change in national politics — on and off the hill. To support Off the Hill, visit rabble.ca/donate.