Meanwhile, in New Brunswick

Now here is a really interesting idea. CBC reports that the government has introduced legislation to create a seat on each of New Brunswick's 18 school boards, to be filled with a high school student. The seat would not be filled in a direction election, but rather chosen by the various high school student council presidents.

This idea makes a great deal of sense. While adding a single vote to a school board may not be enough to change the balance of school board decisions, I don't think it can hurt to ensure that there is a representative who speaks for students from the point of view of a student. It will be interesting to see what happens to this proposal.