After having given serious thought for some time about possibly expanding my role within our great region of Canada, I have finally decided to announce my candidacy for Minister of Regional Affairs.

I am totally inexperienced in public service, however I have gained somewhat from serving as the Canadian ambassador to Equilism.

If elected, as MoRA I will propose and stress the following points as best as I can.


1. I will faithfully uphold the constitution at all times.
2. I will do my best to guarantee that the cabinet remains a common platform for communication, and debate, among cabinet members.
3. I will strongly support and advocate an increase in active participation in the off-site forum. In order to achieve this goal my platform has two separate goals:
3.1. I will take up the same task of old, of increasing participation in the off-site forum with Canada’s already existing 283 (as of this writing), NS members. To achieve this goal I believe that the MoRA must have a more active participation on Canada’s NS regional site, keeping common members, in touch with what is going on in their region's forum.
3.2. I will set a goal to support and advocate the creation of an official greeting letter for new members, approved by majority in cabinet, and possibly by referendum. Upon its ratification, the said greeting letter should be sent out to recently arriving members, on Canada’s NS regional site, by personal telegram. Its content and the official procedure should be debated openly, but I believe its goal should be one of not only greeting the new members, but also captivating his or her initial interest in the off-site forum, by briefly describing our modus operandi and also indicating links to the off-site forum as to where the new member can introduce himself (or herself). The creation of the greeting letter may or may not include the creation of a sub-department of the Ministry of Regional Affairs, that would function as a department of Immigration. Having a department with an appointed secretary and/or volunteers, working only for this goal may be a great asset for increasing membership and active participation. Inclusion is key. New members will immediately have a friendly interface with whom they can interact, before getting settled and becoming active members. The creation of a department of immigration will also hold the MoRA and secretary of the department of Immigration, directly responsible, and accountable for obtaining its goals. Accountability is also a key word. I will advocate the discussion and also possible referenda on such matters.
4. I Support and advocate the creation of an open window cabinet, ensuring that all of Canada’s members are aware of the current activities of the government. I will give my best effort, to ensure that the word inclusion is always associated with our region’s government and dealings.
5. I support the publishing of a biweekly cabinet report, (once every two weeks) rather than a weekly, report. I believe that this will condense the information available and ensure that the cabinet report will be a sustainable, task, rather than a weekly burden. I also believe that quantity is not quality, and by reducing the number of cabinet reports from four to two every month, we are in fact improving the quality of the report.
6. By upholding the constitution as stated in point 1. That will directly imply that the elections will once again be organised by the MoRA, as indicated within the constitution.
7. I strongly support and advocate an increase in active participation in the NationStates UN resolution debate forums. I personally am very active in said forum, and I believe that our region could have a more active role within the UN. Given our qualities I firmly believe that we should have a more active role within the UN debate forums. My first goal will be to propose that for every UN resolution poll that is created within our region’s offsite forum, by the right honourable Prime Minister Checkers McDog, a direct link to the official UN debate forum, should always be provided, for those that will vote for the resolution.
8. Last but most certainly not least, I strongly support the design and creation of official emblems or seals, for every ministry of our government, and also the creation and design of an official emblem or seal for the Prime Minster. I will promote cabinet and popular discussions and debates as to decide upon the design of such symbols, if and when the cabinet sees fit.


That's that...
Now in terms of availability for duty, I cannot make any promises whatsoever. I may just as likely be incredibly active as I may be distant and absent. It all depends on how things go in RL. I'm personally tackling a huge project on a semi-professional level, to be handed in and publicly presented at school in mid November. Until that isn't done, I cannot honestly guarantee anything. I will do my best however.

I would now like to finish my campaign speech with the official campaign slogan.

Canada6 for MoRA - There ain't nothin' like it here. :Canada:

Welcome to the race. I do hope it will be an interesting and fun one.

Just one thing of note ...

"5. I support the publishing of a biweekly cabinet report, (once every two weeks) rather than a weekly, report. I believe that this will condense the information available and ensure that the cabinet report will be a sustainable, task, rather than a weekly burden. I also believe that quantity is not quality, and by reducing the number of cabinet reports from four to two every month, we are in fact improving the quality of the report."

Might you care to explain how the quality of the report will be improved by reducing the number of reports there are?

Thanks for the welcome 420. :clapping:

I'm willing to guess that by having less cabinet reports to write, that more time can be put into writing a cabinet report, and that by putting more time into a task the quality of its result will be greater. Of course this doesn't mean that we should write up one report every year. I think one every other week is a good balance.

Thank you, Canada6, for stepping up and getting involved. I am impressed.


I do understand where you are coming from with your notion, however, from experience, the cabinet talks A LOT and there are many items of interest that need to be reported.

Not to knock your idea in the least, as who knows, maybe that will work out, but I do not see how a reduction in the number of reports will make writing the report any easier. I can see more time being spent writing the report and less time spent looking after other areas of the portfolio if this idea is implimented.

I also see bright blue and green balls of nothingness when I press on my eyelids, so what do I know?

The way I see it, if we have two reports less every month, that reduces the work load in half. It think it's easier to find one hour every two weeks to write one solid report, rather than having to find one hour every week to write one report, every week. The main goal is in fact to free up time that would be otherwise spent writing the reports to work in other areas of the Ministry.

As for the Deputy Minister nomination:

I wasn't initially going to say anything about it, but I will now state that I have been somewhat undecided so far between Daemon's experience and tutorship and 420_Celebrants' (my current election adversary), availability and energy.

I am leaning more towards Daemon's guidance, having engaged allready in coversations. There is of course time to consider other options so I cannot say for sure who I will be selecting just yet.

First - to my mind the fact that you know where to find the constitution is a very good sign :)

Second I agree with the importance of item #3. I'm not a fan of form letters but the over all goal is important not only to the health of the forum but is key to regional security IMHO. In the back of my mind I keep thinking that making this a cabinet level position may be required to ensure that enough energy is put into the process on a consistant basis.

I'm not so sure about item #4. Exploring all options and discussing weaknesses in possible solutions is not something that should be done in public. Creating a step in the process to make sure the public has their say before a law is finalized is something I would support.

I think #5 is a good idea, simply as a way to reduce the work load. But it should be up to the MoFA as to how often the report is produced.

As for #7, some players are into that - which is fine - but I'm not one of them.

#8 sounds very cool. I think that whole process could be very fun and having something that sharpens a sense of identity can be very helpful as well. Great idea!

I would just like to clarify that the MoFA report is of course under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Judith Gap. He and his deputy minister manage to create fantastic reports, one after the other, week after week.
The report in question in my campaign platform is of course the cabinet report that is under the jurisdiction of the MoRA.

Couldn't agree more! :D

Sorry - My mistake. But I'm not sure the same logic works for that report. This whole topic of making sure the region has an idea what the cabinet is doing doesn't seem to be well servered by a bi-weekly cabinet report. However, it can be discussed. If other enhancements are made then perhaps a bi-weekly report could do the job.