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Stephen Li: Federal Election

Newcomers Dept: About 100 people on P.E.I. are waiting for citizenship and are unable to vote, according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, according to CBC. "Like, in Canada, the big thing is about voting, right, so actually you can do something to change your life, you know," he said and some P.E.I. newcomers won't be able to to vote in Monday's federal election because of delays in getting citizenship. "Truly, I thought this was going to be the first time for me in Canada. I've been in Canada more than eight years now," said Stephen Li, who came from China and applied for citizenship two years ago. He still can't vote today. As reported in the news.
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