Yet youth under the age of 18 have limited political power in Canada, as they do not have the right to vote in most places. And where youth, in particular those with intersecting forms of discrimination, experience discrimination, they have less resources to make themselves heard. This phenomenon affects Black, Indigenous, or street-involved youth who are over-policed; and it affects youth whose which schools discriminate against them on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or race.
