2015年10月19日,加拿大第42届联邦国会选举结果出炉,小特鲁多领导的自由党大获全胜,共赢得184个席位,席位过半顺利组建多数党政府。在此次大选中,加拿大华人积极参政,共有25名华人被提名为各政党候选人参选,其中6人顺利当选。此次大选表明,华人社团长期从事选民教育,鼓励华人民众参政议政,参与选民登记和投票,在履行公民责任方面取得重大进展。华人普通民众积极参加投票和助选活动,华人选票受到各政党高度重视,在华人聚居的选区发挥了关键作用。展望未来,随着加拿大华人人口数量和质量的继续提升,经济社会地位不断提高,参政意识觉醒,他们将更加积极参政,维护和增进华人合法权益,推动加拿大社会进步,同时也将对促进中加关系健康发展产生积极作用。
<<On October 19,2015,the result of the 42nd Canadian federal election came out and the Federal Liberal Party led by Justin Trudeau won a majority in parliement with 184 seats in the House of Common and established a new federal government. The Federal Conservative Party led by Stephen Harper got 99 seats,the New Democratic Party(NDP)44 seats,the Quebec Bloc 10 seats,and the Green Party just one seat. Chinese Canadians participated in the federal election very actively. There are 25 Chinese elites who were nominated to represent different parties to participate in the election and six of them won. Chinese Associations have been engaging in electoral education and encouraging Chinese Canadians to participate in voter registration and voting and have made much progress. Chinese Canadians participated in voting and electioneering actively and their votes are sought by every federal party,that played a key role in the election. In the future,with the continuing increase of Chinese Canadian population both in quantity and quality,the promotion of and their economic and social status and the wakeup of their political consciousness,they will participate in politics more actively to maintain their legal rights,to propel Canadian social progress and to promote China-Canada relations.
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