This one sentence on the article pretty much summarizes the problem:

It’s not surprising these groups check out of politics, especially when there is mounting evidence that legislators favour higher status voters.

The two main parties can barely pretend to give a fuck about the poors anymore, and the NDP has basically regressed to being equivalent of the Liberals a decade ago. The Federal Greens are a joke.

I only vote because I’m queer and the Conservatives have a much more aggressive form of homophobia than the Libs.