Almost every student who attends Ecole St. Patrick High School won't be voting in Monday's federal election because they're too young.

But that didn't stop three of the four candidates running to become the territory's next MP from speak to students and specifically answer their questions.

The school held an election forum in its gymnasium on Thursday with dozens of students in attendance. The forum lasted about an hour with Liberal candidate Rebecca Alty, Conservative candidate Kimberly Fairman and NDP candidate Kelvin Kotchilea tackling topics related to addictions, housing, crime and the climate, among other questions.

Green Party candidate Rainbow Eyes was also invited to attend virtually being that she does not live in the NWT, but she did not appear.

Prior to the assembly, Grade 12 student Anna Yakeleya-Grymaloski said what got her interested in politics was her social studies class. 

When she turned 18, that interest grew.

"Everything will apply to me this year," she said. "I got super interested and super worried for my future and my sister's future."

Her key concerns include crime and drug-related problems that plague smaller communities north of Yellowknife.

"I want to hear a sense of change," Yakeleya-Grymaloski said of the candidates. "Something different, something that will change what we have going on up here and in Canada in general."

Asked what she would have asked the candidates, Yakeleya-Grymaloski said she wanted to know who they have in mind when running. 

"When I vote, I have my little siblings in mind and other people I genuinely care for in mind," she said.

Grade 10 student Dylan Applejohn said he's pretty interested in politics as well, despite not being able to vote yet.  

"I like to think about how I can think and learn about stuff in the present to change how I might approach politics in the future," he said. 

Applejohn said he's read a bit about each candidate. He said that with how widespread the NWT is, it's important to think about who would best represent the entire territory and not just Yellowknife.

"It's really easy to get caught up in national representation with their party as a whole," Applejohn added. "But it's important to think about how good the MP is for us."

For that reason, Applejohn said he would pick Fairman. 

"I might not necessarily fully stand behind the Conservatives as a party, but I think when it comes to our territory, she'll be the best to represent us," he said.

On a national level, Applejohn said he's hoping to see a minority government with the Liberals in power. 

He said Liberal leader Mark Carney is a solid pick to respond to what U.S. President Donald Trump is going to throw Canada's way.

Once it ended, Applejohn said he now likes Kotchilea a little bit more, but not enough to swing his hypothetical vote.

That vote will, somewhat, turn into a reality. Ecole St. Patrick High School is hosting a mock poll for students today and promised to share the results with 快盈v3 once they're in. Those results will be published once they're received.

Election day is April 28.