NATIONAL ELECTION FOR THE RIGHTS OF YOUTH
Canada-wide including various individual events. (1999)
10th Anniversary celebration of the U.N. Charter on the Rights of the Child with UNICEF, Elections Canada the National Film Board and the National Capital Commission.
Canadians from age 7-18 voted on what they thought was the most important
right to them in the Charter. Youth electoral observers from Belize, Mexico
and Zambia. Despite a campaign by members of the Reform Party claiming that
it compromised family values the children of Canada affirmed their commitment
by voting for the "Right to a Family". An interesting comment on
the state of Canadian families. 
Results can be viewed at: Elections
Canada results