How should we govern ourselves? That is the question that I have been trying to answer for the past month and a half. Starting with looking at what kind of government we currently have to looking at what we can change and how. Finally I’ve come up with an answer. 

Our party, the Ubiquitous Party of Canada was created with the idea of change. Our group; Alex V, Alex O, Jordyn, Liam and I have worked together in order to create the campaign video you see above. If you’d like to know more about our party check out my last post. 

This project was really insightful for me to see what I actually know about how the country I live in works. Knowing who has the power to do what is a very important thing when it comes to voting and making political decisions. So, throughout this project I was surprised again and again by how little I actually knew and in realizing that I wasn’t alone.

Honestly, when we started this project I was worried because we had a much more flexible timeline then we usually do and we were not constricted by due dates. The first thing our group did in order to keep ourselves on track was to make a burn down chart and assign roles. We knew when our final video had to be done by so we worked backwards to create a manageable timeline and assigned jobs based on our strengths. Alex V and Jordyn are both strong speakers and constant voices in our classroom so it was a no brainer to have them as our main advocates. They also wrote our script which I then took and made into a storyboard. Alex O was our main editor and sound director. Liam was our cameraman and helped me with the storyboard.

Something that I was really proud of for this project was how active I was as a team member. I felt that I stepped up for this project and that can be seen by how I made the storyboard, logo, and visuals for our video. As a team member I was able to do my fair share to contribute to our party and did so by playing to my strengths.

Of course because of the flexibility we had in this project there was a responsibility for me to be able to complete things on time so my group members could build off what I do and create a final product we are all happy with. I was really on top of my work and had the storyboard done in time for us to come back together and revise the script using feedback we got from each other and our teacher. Thanks to this, we had a smooth time with filming.

As happy as I was with taking on responsibilities as a group member and taking in feedback I do realize looking back, that I failed to communicate as much once we were outside of school. I wasn’t messaging my group members as much and because of that we had a hard time filming outside of school. Of course, there are some things we couldn’t change like someone had work that day or a sports game but, if we were more on top of communicating then I think we could have had more time to revise which would elevate our final product more than it was. If I know that I will have a hard time meeting outside of school I will definitely be more vocal about that in the future. Despite that we still got all our filming done and were able to create our final campaign video.

Let’s review, politics is kinda crazy, communication is key, and if you want to change something about the government you should make your own party, or do a little more research…. As you might have already guessed this was a school project so my group wasn’t the only ones who made a political party. Want to learn about how my classmates thought we should be governed? Take a look at the other parties here: Noah, Zoe, Grace, Ciara and Anders. See you guys next time!

As you learned in my last post, long live the Queen, Canada runs as a parliamentary democracy. And as a part of that there are parties within Canada that you and I support and possibly vote for. But are the current parties doing enough? I don’t think they are. So a group of people; Alex O, Alex V, Liam, Jordyn and I decided to create our own party. The Ubiquitous party of Canada.

Why ubiquitous you might ask? Well we take ideas from both sides of the spectrum to create a new voice. One that not only believes in change but has steps to accomplish it. Our party has 2 main focussed;  Universal Basic income, and truth and reconciliation. So let’s break that down.

Universal Basic Income or UBI is when, as a government, we would provide money to each adult citizen every month. We believe that this would improve the economy and help households stabilize. In order to get the money for this we would reform taxes as well as set tariffs for big companies.

One of the problems that we see today is aboutTruth and Reconciliation. In Canada we have something known as the 94 calls to action that was published in 2015 as a way to step tin the right direction. As of 2021, 14 of those have been completed. As a way to build on this and give more power to aboriginal communities our party has decided to guarantee them a seat. To do this we went with population representation. For those of you who don’t know 5% of Canadians are indigenous. If you do the math that would guarantee them 15 seats in parliament. This will help to give a voice to those communities and would contribute towards a self-governing future.

As a party we are headed towards the future, with realistic goals. Look forward to my next post about our political campaign where we will release our first campaign video! vote Ubiquitous party of Canada.