It seems counter-intuitive as well as not necessarily a good thing that as our general population ages our politicians are getting younger.

And many of us are also less sanguine than your editorial seems to be about the ability of the young millennial voters to discern whether politicians are really authentic and whether election claims and promises are valid, make sense, should work, are affordable and will deliver in the long term not just for today.

A case can be made that with age comes the wisdom of experience, historical knowledge, perspective and so a better chance to make valid comparisons and assessments.  As well, age tends to foster a cynicism about glitz, glibness and other superficialities disguised as substance.

One could argue that an in depth examination of the three main parties platforms and leaders in the 2015 federal election and the ultimate result bear out this caution regarding the benefits of an ever younger political class both as candidates and voters.