- Heather MacIntosh, Program Director, Democratic Development and Human Rights, Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
At 40.6 per cent, Alberta, in 2008, had the lowest voter turnout ever in a Canadian provincial election. That sounds even worse when we consider that PEI's turnout, the year before, was 84 per cent. Such dismal electoral participation makes it time to consider mandatory voting in Alberta.