On Sunday afternoon, I headed down to the advance poll in my riding to exercise my rights.

Not only did I get a jump on voting in the Oct. 5 election, discharging a democratic right that only comes around roughly every four years, I also wanted to test my rights as an English-speaking Quebecer at a sensitive time.

Normally, I wouldn’t give much thought to which language I spoke when casting my ballot, I would just go with the flow.