United Party Of Canada Essay

In a country as expansive and as culturally diverse as Canada, many different political opinions and parities can be found across the country. One of the more inclusive political parties is the United Party of Canada; a party created to represent all Canadians no matter who they are or what their situation is. The United Party, for short, has come to existence to bring unity and understanding between the values, needs and interests of all the minorities and majorities in Canada. The United Party of Canada was established in November 2009 by founder, Brian Jedan. The current leader of the United Party is Robert (Bob) Kesic, Bob took over the party in June, 2011. Kesic was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and is fluent in both English …show more content…
No Members of Parliament were elected in the 2011 Federal Election for the United Party and no MP’s have been historically elected from this party. Popular vote is the choice expressed through the votes cast by the electorate; the number of votes received over the total number of votes. In the May 2nd, 2011 Federal Election, the percentage of popular vote amassed by the United Party of Canada was 0.00001997203% (or 0.00%, when rounded). They received overall 294 votes: 71 votes in the Ajax- Pickering riding, 65 votes in the London West Riding, and 157 votes in the York- Simcoe. The candidates of the United Party all placed last in their respective ridings, but the greatest support was shown in the York- Simcoe riding (Ontario) with 157 votes for candidate Paul …show more content…
The United Party of Canada has policy based on the Bank of Canada, Business and Enterprise, Economy, et cetera, but in this assignment I want to focus on their policies on Education and Consumer Affairs. The Education policy of the United Party is the policy I feel will benefit me the most. The Education policy is to scrap tuition fees for full and part-time students in higher education programs, as long as they maintain a passing grade. This policy would help to decrease my higher education- which at the moment I plan to receive in Canada- fees by roughly $3 000 to $8 000 yearly; which allow higher education to be more attainable for me and many others. The United Party’s other Education policy is to provide minimum income to all post-secondary students; this would depend on the student’s financial situation, but would roughly be $100 per week. This would further assist me and other post-secondary students throughout our educational career and I would be allowed to pursue my studies with a lesser amount of financial stress due to these two Education policies. The final policy, I will mention in this article, is the required labeling of genetically engineered foods and farmed fish. This policy, if my parents choose not to buy GMOs and farmed fish, will help to preserve my health and give my family more of a choice of what we choose