Conversation

As a child, Alsaleh worked at a polling station in Syria preparing election cards.

"It asked a question: 'Do you want Mr. Assad to be the president?' My job was to mark yes, so when Syrians come to vote … it's already marked yes," he said. "That's Syrian democracy."

"For the first time, I see a ballot with choices and I get to vote secretly and then cast my own vote into the ballot — it's amazing."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/syrian-refugees-citizens-election-1.5319183