A round purple creature with four arms and a big smile walks behind a desk. Graphs, small “Vote” flags, and a cup of coffee are laid on the desk. A purple banner near a bookshelf reads “Democracy”.

A television hung on a wall is turned on. It reads “Scoops’ School of Democracy” in pink and green letters.

Scoops, the purple creature, jumps up from behind the desk. The television screen now reads “Ontario Elections 2022”.

Scoops says,
WELCOME TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF
SCOOPS’ SCHOOL OF DEMOCRACY.
TODAY, I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL
GUEST JOINING ME.
HOST OF THE WYATT SHARPE SHOW,
PLEASE WELCOME WYATT SHARPE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US, WYATT.
WHY DON'T YOU BEGIN BY
TELLING US WHEN YOU
FIRST STARTED GETTING INVOLVED
IN POLITICS.

Wyatt Sharpe sits at a desk at home. Pictures of him are displayed on the desk and the white brick wall behind him. Wyatt wears a blue blazer over his tan collared shirt. His dark hair is cut short and brushed forward.

Wyatt replies,
SO, UHM, I FIRST STARTED TAKING
AN INTEREST IN POLITICS,
I WOULD SAY, IN AROUND
MARCH OF 2020, SO...

Scoops says,
THAT'S AMAZING!
SO, WHAT KINDS OF THINGS DID
YOU START OUT DOING?

Text reads, “Wyatt Sharpe, Host and Columnist”.

Wyatt answers,
FROM THERE I KIND OF JUST UP
UNTIL JANUARY OF 2021,
I KIND OF JUST WAS, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE VOLUNTEERING AT,
YOU KNOW, LOCAL COMMUNITY--
FOOD BANKS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE.
AND JUST, YOU KNOW,
GETTING INVOLVED IN MY
KIND OF LOCAL COMMUNITY.
BUT THEN I KIND OF WANTED TO
TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER,
AND SO I STARTED MY SHOW,
AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
INTERVIEW ALL OF OUR
FEDERAL PARTY LEADERS,
INCLUDING JUSTIN TRUDEAU,
AND JAGMEET SINGH, AS WELL.
CANDICE BERGEN, THE INTERIM
GREEN PARTY LEADER,
AND I'VE ALSO INTERVIEWED
PROVINCIAL PREMIERES.
I'VE SPOKEN TO THE FORMER PRIME
MINISTER OF FINLAND
JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ABOUT
THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE.
AND I'VE SPOKEN TO MINISTERS--
I'VE SPOKEN TO
MINISTER JOLY, RECENTLY--
MELANIE JOLY, THE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS MINISTER.
I'M CURRENTLY IN GRADE SEVEN,
SO THIRTEEN YEARS OLD.
AND YEAH, I MEAN IT'S BEEN
REALLY INTERESTING TAKING,
YOU KNOW, MY SHOW AND KIND OF
JUST GOING WITH IT,
AND ASKING QUESTIONS TO
VARIOUS PEOPLE WHO
HOLD POSITIONS OF
POWER AS TO, YOU KNOW,
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THEIR
POSITIONS OF POWER
TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR PEOPLE.

Scoops says,
WOW!
THANKS SO MUCH
FOR SHARING, WYATT.
STAY TUNED FOR ANOTHER EPISODE
OF SCOOPS’ SCHOOL OF DEMOCRACY.