Students challenged to make law

Create Your Canada, an contest that challenges students to write federal laws to improve Canada, will be bigger and better this year, says Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen.

When Cullen launched the idea last year, it was open only to schools in the Bulkley Valley school district.

This time it will be open to students across the Northwest, including Kitimat.

And, Cullen says, the idea has also been picked up by some of his NDP colleagues.

Once again, junior and senior winners from Grades 5-12 will fly to Ottawa to watch Cullen present their bills on the floor of the House of Commons.

Cullen said he designed Create Your Canada to engage young people in creating meaningful change and understanding how parliamentary democracy works.

“Students realized in working through their projects that individuals of any age can potentially make a huge difference in how Canada functions,” he added.

Last year’s winners proposed banning the export of asbestos from Canada and building bicycle lanes to encourage activity and reduce pollution.

One winner will be chosen from each category: Junior (Grades 5-8) and Senior (Grades 9-12).

q Each student may submit up to two bills

q Bills should be 1-3 pages in length

q Bills must be non-partisan and politically neutral

q Bills must be submitted online, through the Create Your Canada website (createyourcanada.ca)

q Contest winners will be announced in March 2010

q The prize trips to Ottawa will occur in Spring 2010

The trip package includes flights and accommodations for student winners and one adult chaperone.

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