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EMI _ LIE - ANNE PAUL
emilie-anne.paul@bcyp.org
Premier _ Minister of Camp Phoenix _ Minister of the Island
YP EXPERIENCE! BCYP (Min. of Camp Phoenix, Deputy
Premier, Min. of Regional Youth Parliaments, Sessional
Affairs), NSYP (Premier, Chair, Speaker), WCYP (Head
Clerk), VYP (Deputy Speaker, Clerk), VIYP (Head Clerk)
SCHOOL! UVic
BIRTHDATE!10.06.85
JOB!Starbucks Barista
DDEEPPUUTTYYSSPPEEAAKKEERR
SECRET FETISH Hand Bags & shoes
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE Bad drivers
3 WORDS SUMMING UP MY BEING Outgoing, outspoken and funny
BIGGEST SHORT-COMING Inability to walk like a model
LIFE-LONG DREAM To surf every surf-able body of water in the world
FAVORITE DISH The Dish with No Name at Pagliacias
OBSESSED BAND/ARTIST Modest Mouse, Death Cab or… okay I have more than one
obsession
PHOBIA Spiders
LAST PERSON I SHOOK HANDS WITH Glenda the Good Witch on Saturday night at a
costume party
SOMEONE YOU WANT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH Indri Ghandi or Aaron Sorkin
FAVORITE KEYBOARD BUTTON Apple (also known as pretzel)
LEAST FAVORITE PART OF MY ROOM The wall with the door on it
WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH Arrested Development
FAVOURITE ATTRACTION IN VICTORIA Ogden Point, 10 Mile Point or Cadburo Bay….
JU L _ IA LOCKH _ ART
Deputy Speaker
PRREEMMIIEERR
OVERVIEW
Profiles
Calendar with
upcoming events
Story of Cabinet Legweekend
Par _ lia _ men _ ta _ rian (n)
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She would
rather look like
Spongebob than
Shrek.
julia.lockhart@bcyp.org
YP EXPERIENCE! Too much to count
SCHOOL!Hahahaha, No
BIRTHDATE!24.05.84
JOB!Policy Analyst, Ministry of Employment and Income
Assistance
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She would rather
always overdress than
to always underdress.
SECRET FETISH Neatly ordered lists
FAVOURITE ATTRACTION IN VICTORIA My apartment (mmmmm bed)
LIFE-LONG DREAM To find a job that is half as much fun as youth parliament
$10 FOR ADVENTURE Well given the ferry prices these days that’s not even
enough to get off the island so… I’d go to Sidney and look at the ocean
FAVOURITE FAIRY TALE Cinderella
OBSESSED BAND/ARTIST Imogen Heap
MUST-HAVE BATHROOM WARE Toothpaste
SOMEONE YOU WANT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH Tony Blair
LEAST FAVOURITE PART OF MY ROOM Lack of shelving
I WOUND CHANGE MY NAME… Helen
FAVOURITE DISH Anything with pasta
IDEAL RETIREMENT PLACE Vancouver
WHAT ALWAYS MAKES YOU LAUGH My friends
LAST PERSON YOU SHOOK HANDS WITH A co-worker’s cousin
FAVOURITE BUTTON ON KEYBOARD Tab
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YP EXPERIENCE
! BCYP (73 Member, 74 Min. of RYP, 75 Deputy Speaker & Deputy Min.
th
of
Finance,
76
Min.
of
Finance
&
Corporate
Relations
&
External
Affairs), tons of RYPs
Attorney General
Minister of Corporate Relations SCHOOL!UBC (Honours Political Science & Honours French)
BIRTHDATE!02.08.84
danica.wong@bcyp.org
JOB!AMS appointment tutor at UBC & part-time clerical work
DAN _ ICA WONG
FAVORITE SAYING “Funky”
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE At home, my neighbour’s yappy dogs out and about, drivers talking
on cell phones
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DESIRED SUPER-POWER Omnipotence, I want them all
ALTER-EGO Monica from Friends
EMBARASSING MOMENT Throwing up in class once
$10 FOR ADVENTURE I would see a movie because it’s transporting, entertaining,
doesn’t take a lot of time and there are great snacks
WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH Royal Canadian Air Farce episodes
OBSESSED BAND/ARTIST Josh Groban
UNDERLINE ONE po-tah-to / po-tay-to / poo-ta-too
MUST-HAVE BATHROOM WARE: Hairbrush
SOMEONE I WANT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH Lurlene McDaniel
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CCOORRPPOORRAATTEERREELLAATTIIOONNSS
She would rather write and proof–read a dictionary for job, than to be unable to write.
ARRCCHHIIVVEESS
CORRI _ GAN CAS _ SIDY
Minister of Archives
corrigan.cassidy@bcyp.org
YP EXPERIENCE! thBCYP (75th, 76th Member), VIYP (15th and 16th Member), NSYP (14th
Member), VYP (18 Member)
SCHOOL!UBC
BIRTHDATE!04.09.87
CCOOMMMMUUNNIITTYYFFUUNNDDRRAAIISSIINNGG
SECRET FETISH Ice cream for the sake of innocence
DESIRED SUPER-POWER Most definitely the ability to dodge bullets, daggers and
questions in QP
ALTER EGO Agent Smith, only with white hair
EMBARASSING MOMENT Let’s go with ‘master debater’ and leave it at that
3 WORDS SUMMING UP MY BEING Sharplikestick, fastlikehorse, strongliketractor
LIFE-LONG DREAM To sail the seven seas on a hovercraft. Yeah.
WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH Question Period!
OBSESSED BAND/ARTIST AHSB04/05 (ask me sometime…)
IDEAL RETIREMENT DESTINATION Las Vegas (gambling away my pension since 2052)
SONEONE I WANT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH Each and every one of the new members!
FAVOURITE KEYBOARD BUTTON The zero along the top. Again, ask me some time
I WOULD CHANGE MY NAME… Maximus Desimus Jones
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He would rather be
stuck wearing stripes
than polka-dots.
He would rather run 200m on hot coal, than to stand on burning hot metal for 20s.
TRA _ VIS WONG
travis.wong@bcyp.org
Minister of Community Fundraising
YP EXPERIENCE! BCYP (76th Provincial Secretary)
SCHOOL!SFU
BIRTHDATE!09.04.87
JOB!Lifeguard
SECRET FETISH Intimate candlelight dinner
FAVOURITE SAYING “Life is like a piece of snot.”
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE Uncut toenails
ALTER-EGO Mr. Incredible
3 WORDS SUMMING UP MY BEING Incredible super hero
LIFE-LONG DREAM To live longer than my sister
$10 FOR ADVENTURE I would buy flowers and give it to my mother
MUST-HAVE BATHROOM WARE Black toilet paper
IDEAL RETIREMENT DESTINATION 7650 Greenall Avenue
SOMEONE I WANT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH That blonde girl who sits 2 seats to my left in English
Tutorial
FAVOURITE KEYBOARD BUTTON Enter
I WOUND CHANGE MY NAME… Magnum
COOMMMMUUNNIICCAATTIIOONNSS
JEN _ NI _ FER LOONG
Minister of Communications & Internet Affairs
jen.loong@bcyp.org
YP EXPERIENCE!BCYP (76th Member), VYP (18th Critic for Archives & External
Affairs), Camp Phoenix (05’ Kitchen)
SCHOOL!York House School
BIRTHDATE!05.06.88
JOB!Applied to a handful, currently waiting for responses
SECRET FETISH Grapes, men in dress-shirts, ice cubes, Australian vocabs, earrings &
scandalous unmentionables
FAVOURITE SAYINGS “To the max,” “flipping stoked,” “poor kid,” “straight up”
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE Walking on main streets on the side opposing car flow, pale
skin, people checking out my feet, taping book corners & Asian ganstas
3 WORDS SUMMING UP MY BEING Raw. Chic. Inexorable.
BIGGEST SHORT-COMING Lactose intolerance, indecisiveness, inability to get angry
$10 FOR ADVENTURE Convince some beach-boy to fix me a surf-board, and ride out
the waves in the sun, in his company
OBSESSED BAND/ARTIST Jason Mraz, Death Cab, Alicia Keys, Jet, Keane & other
Indie and Jazz joints (can’t help that I share my love for more than one)
WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH Life, and the characters in mine
FAVOURITE KEYBOARD BUTTON ‘Tab’ it away
IF I WOULD CHANGE MY NAME… Xavensia
IDEAL RETIREMENT DESTINATION Santa Barbara CA.
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He would rather live 40 years ago, than 40 years later.
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She would rather not
dress than over-dress
or under-dress. Just
foolin’.
TYL _ ER ALL _ ISON
tyler.allison@bcyp.org
Minister of Interior & External Affairs
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YP EXPERIENCE!BCYP (76th Marble Kisser)
SCHOOL!UBC
BIRTHDATE!04.03.87
JOB!Safeway Produce Clerk/professional beach bum in summer
FAVORITE SAYINGS “It’s pretty sweet I guess,” “dirtbag,” “Hardcore!”
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE Stupid people, American shoppers at Safeway, tourists
DESIRED SUPER POWER Being able to conjure cakes, pies and assorted pastries
out of the air
ALTER-EGO Good student
3 WORDS SUMMING UP MY BEING I AM CANADIAN
LIFE-LONG DREAM To be ridiculously good lookin’
LAST PERSON I SHOOK HANDS WITH George friggin’ Strombolopolis!
PHOBIA Leeches
FAVOURITE FAIRY TALE Hands down, Billy Goat’s Gruff
MUST-HAVE BATHROOM WARE Lounge pants
IF I WOULD CHANGE MY NAME…: Max Power
UNDERLINE ONE po-tah-to / po-tay-to (I work in produce, trust me on this one)
Minister of Finance
laurel.hogg@bcyp.org
She would rather be 1 hour early than 15 minutes late.
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YP EXPERIENCE!BCYP (74TH member, 75th Critic for Interior)
SCHOOL!SFU
BIRTHDATE!10.02.87
JOB!TBA
FAVORITE SAYINGS Live. Love. Laugh.
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE Being late
DESIRED SUPER POWER Ability to apparate or snap and appear in another desired
location
BIGGEST SHORT-COMING Impatience
$10 FOR ADVENTURE I would research the best ice-cream places in Vancouver and go
and test the research myself
FAVOURITE FAIRY TALE Shrek
WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH Randomness
PHOBIA Agatephobia/Quicksand
MUST-HAVE BATHROOM WARE Flip-flops for showers in residence
IDEAL RETIREMENT DESTINATION I don’t think I will settle in one spot. I will travel around the world doing a tour of the
best IHOPS. When that is accomplished, then maybe I will settle done in Hawaii for an extended period.
FAVOURITE KEYBOARD BUTTON $$
LEAST FAVOURITE PART OF MY ROOM The unfinished cement wall giving off a
“prison” vibe that I am not too keen about.
DEEPPUUTTYYPRREEMMIIEERR__ FIINNAANNCCEE
LAUR_ EL HOGG
J ESS _ ICA P ISA _ R E K
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Minister of the Lower Mainland
polka-dots (provided that they are vertical!)
jessica.pisarek@bcyp.org
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YP EXPERIENCE!BCYP (75 & 76 Member), VYP (1-year member), Camp Phoenix (Cabin Leader)
SCHOOL!UBC
BIRTHDATE!04.12.86
JOBS!Program Coordinator at the Disability Foundation, External Commissioner at the AMS (UBC student
society), Co-coordinator of the Africa Awareness Conference 2006
LLOOWWEERRM
MAAIINNLLAANNDD
SECRET FETISH Scottish Lairds
FAVOURITE SAYINGS “You’re unique, just like everybody else.”
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE Weak laughs and handshakes, cliques, when girls wear jeans that are too tight and
their love handles hang over the side, overusage of cologne/perfume, and the slimy, juicy part of a tomato
that goes all over when tossed --- I know, I complain a lot.
ALTER-EGO Dessert addict / bad driver / closet LOTR fan
FAVOURITE FAIRY TALE Cinderella spin-offs (i.e. Ever After, Ella Enchanted), but most definitely not that
movie with Hilary Duff
PHOBIA Frat boys (I have a persistent aversion for them in general, but maybe that’s not irrational)
MUST-HAVE BATHROOM WARE Toilet
WHEN I RID MY DIAPER 15 months – beat that
SOMEONE I WANT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH Prince William, but not just shake hands
LEAST FAVOURITE PART OF MY ROOM Corner where I pile the clothes that need to be laundered
C ARL _ EY KEN _ NEDY
Minister of the Public Relation
Deputy of Sessional Affairs
carley.kennedy@bcyp.org
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She would rather be the wolf, than one
of the 3 little pigs.
YP EXPERIENCE!BCYP (76th Member)
SCHOOL!UBC
BIRTHDATE!13.01.87
PPUUBBLLIICCRREELLAATTIIOONNSS
REGIONAL YOUTH PARLIAMENTS
SECRET FETISH Tattoos and piercing
FAVOURITE SAYING “Your mom.”
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE Your mom
ALTER-EGO Hooligan Bear/ La Tigre
3 WORDS SUMMING UP MY BEING Rawr, Mraw, Mrawr
FAVOURITE DISH Nectarines
PHOBIA Closed spaces
MUST-HAVE BATHROOM WARE Slippers
LAST PERON I SHOOK HANDS WITH Person I met in the cafeteria today who is the friend
of a friend from Ireland
SOMEONE I WANT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH Your mom
FAVOURITE KEYBOARD BUTTON |
IF I WOULD CHANGE MY NAME… Superguard
WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH Everything (hard to find me frowning)
IDEAL RETIREMENT DESTINATION I hope I don’t live long enough to be useless
V IC _ TOR M UNG
victor.mung@gmail.com
Minister of Regional Youth Parliaments
YP EXPERIENCE!BCYP (72nd and 73rd Member, 74th Shadow Critic, 75th Internet
Affairs)
SCHOOL!UBC
BIRTHDATE!12.04.84
JOB 12 Field Ambulance
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He would rather have no
neck than horizontal
teeth.
SECRET FETISH Anything cute and/or Japanese
FAVOURITE SAYING “Frack”
FAVOURITE ATTRACTION IN VICTORIA The Royal BC Museum
3 WORDS SUMMING UP MY BEING Short, skinny, boring
BIGGEST SHORT-COMING … haha I get it… my height or lack thereof
FAVOURITE FAIRY TALE The Really Ugly Duckling
PHOBIA Ventriloquists Dummies
UNDERLINE ONE po-tah-to / po-tay-to “What’s ‘taters’, Precious?”
IDEAL RETIREMENT DESTINATION Anywhere but Slurrey
FAVOURITE KEYBOARD BUTTON ~ tilde key
LEAST FAVOURITE PART OF MY ROOM My chair (cushion isn’t very cushiony)
OBSESSED BAND/ARTIST Puffy AmiYumi
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LILL _ IAN JOHANNE _ SEN
Minister of Sessional Affairs
lillian.johannesen@bcyp.org
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YP EXPERIENCE! BCYP (76th Minister of Island) VIYP (Member), Camp Phoenix (Cabin
Leader)
SCHOOL! UVic
BIRTHDATE!06.03.87
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She would rather have
someone yell the time
into her ear with the
passing of every
minute, than to never
know the time.
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YP Experience
! BCYP (73 Member, 74 Min. of RYP, 75 Deputy Speaker & Deputy Min.
DESIRED
SUPER-POWER
To be &
able
to readRelations
people’s
minds Aff airs), tons of RYPs
of Finance
, 76 th Min. of Finance
Corporate
& External
3 School
WORDS
SUMMING
BEINGScience
Crazy, &adventurous,
detail-Oriented
! UBC
(HonoursUP
Political
Honours French)
Birth-date
! 02.08.84
BIGGEST
SHORT-COMING
Lack of focus on things I consider unimportant
JobFOR
! AMSADVENTURE
appointment Put
tutorS10
at UBC
& part
-time
work as far as I can, lack of
$10
gas into
my
tankclerical
and drive
thought
required,
completely
spontaneous
Favourite saying : Funky
FAVOURITE
Littlemy
Mermaid
Ultimate petFAIRY
peeveTALE
: At home,
neighbor’s yappy dogs and out and about, dri vers talking
WHAT
on cellMAKES
phones ME LAUGH Little children being all cute
OBSESSED BAND/ARTIST Nickelback, Great Big Sea
PHOBIA Sharks
UNDERLINE ONE po-tah-to / po-tay-to
SOMEONE YOU WANT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH Sarah Michelle Gellar
FAVOURITE KEYBOARD BUTTON Backspace, I always have typo’s
IF I WOUND CHANGE MY NAME… Brooke
He would rather be one of the “cute and bubbly”
little pigs than the wolf.
Minister of Provincial Secretary
pedram.moussavi@bcyp.org
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YP EXPERIENCE! BCYP (76 Member), NSYP (14 Minister of Service)
SCHOOL!Sentinel Secondary
BIRTHDATE!02.08.88
SECRET FETISH Bright, flashy colours, anything with whipped cream, chocolate, French
DESIRED SUPER POWER Shower really quickly, control time, love potions
3 WORDS SUMMING UP BEING Quirky, impressionable, dreamer
FAVOURITE KEYBOARD BUTTON CTRL + ATL + DELETE
FAVOURITE SAYINGS “Oi with the poodles already,” “a jig is forth coming”
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE Bad spelling, unflushed toilets, poor hygiene, hypocrites
$10 FOR ADVENTURE Go on a magic carpet ride
FAVOURITE DISH Zereshkpolo (Persian Dish)
FAVOURITE FAIRY TALE Anything butchered by Disney
LAST PERSON I SHOOK HANDS WITH My alter-ego
EMBARASSING MOMENT Too countless for western mathematical principles to accommodate
OBSESSED BAND/ARTIST Brian Adams, Maroon 5
SOMEONE I WANT TO SHAKE HANDS WITH Kofi Annan
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She would rather never wash her hair again, than to never
brush her teeth (no fresheners either).
PENE _ LOPE SUE-ANNE LIM CHUA
Minister of Innovation Project
penelope.chua@bcyp.org
YP Experience! BCYP (76th member)
School!UBC
Birth-date!23.10.86
SECRET FETISH Ice-cream for the sake of innocence
FAVOURITE SAYING “Who dunnit”
ULTIMATE PET PEEVE When people pick their noses in public
DESIRED SUPER-POWER Fart at will
ALTER-EGO Midnight rider-exotic dancer
EMBARASSING MOMENT Wet myself on August 20, 2005
3 WORDS SUMMING UP MY BEING Anal, expletive, in-your-face
LIFE-LONG DREAM To climb Mount Everest
FAVOURITE FAIRY TALE Sleeping Beauty
OBSESSED BAND/ARTIST The Doors
MUST-HAVE BATHROOM WARE Underwear
FAVOURITE ATTRATCTION IN VICTORIA The ferry
$10 FOR ADVENTURE I’d go to the mall and spend it
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your calendars..
DEC 25 Jolly Holiday
DEC 26 Pre-sessional
Dinner in Lower
Mainland
DEC 27-31 Session
in Victoria
I hope you have
thoroughly enjoyed
your premier
experience with the
Parl. Feel free to send
in materials, or deliver
comments, via
communicating at
jen.loong@bcyp.org
Pack some post-it’s!
Last Words…
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Cabinet Legis _ la _ tion Week _ end (n)
Date:
Location:
Occasion:
Activities:
November 11-13, 2005
Victor Mung’s Crib
The one weekend when Cabinet ministers gather to initiate and debate changes made to
the current legislation; get-to-know-fellow-Cabmates fiesta
Mission Statement, amendments, billiards, ping-pong, NHL Live, late-night Jeopardy with
Sean Connolly, Euro Trip, Space Balls, French essay, rocking jams, a lot of junk food