So here we are, the final stretch before the big vote and all the political parties are busy courting every special interest group in the country, no matter how small. If you've got one leg, two kids, you work on a farm, the parties, they have a pitch for you.

Unless of course you happen to be a student, in which case you're completely off the radar – not a peep from any of the leaders. Education wasn't even mentioned in the debate. Now I'm not saying that any politician would ever come out and say they don't care about the student vote. When they're pushed they can all talk about educational reform and crushing debt until the cows come home; but at the ten minute mark they all do the same thing. They stop, they lean in like they're telling you some sort of secret and they say, "you know, it's a real shame. But students in this country, they just don't vote." Which believe me is code for "we don't care about students. We never have, we never will."

Now this is a perfect example of where young people can learn from their elders. And by elders I mean the elderly. As in senior citizens. Because believe me, those folks, they vote. Which is why the old age home is the natural habitat for any campaigning politician. No exaggeration, in the 30 days since this campaign began John Baird has spent 26 of them in an old age home. Okay slight exaggeration.

Now I'm not saying that students themselves aren't important to politicians. Oh they are. After all you're the ones that deliver the lawn signs. But past that you could be on fire for all they care. So my advice to university students: never mind your civic responsibility, seeing as you're such a low priority in this country, you should show up and vote out of spite if for no other reason.

And believe me, there are a million students in this country. You show up and vote, elections they'll never be the same again. Education will never be left off the agenda.

And for all of you students out there who are living away from home for the first time, ignore all those Elections Canada ads that make it seem like you need quantum physics to vote. In this country you do not need to be registered in advance to vote. Men died on the beaches so you could vote. All you need to do is to show up with some official looking mail with your address on it, your student card and your ID. Don't take no for an answer and democracy is yours.

And not your fake ID either, your real one.