Ok, who am I? My name's Mark Johnson, I'm a fifth-year student at the University of Waterloo and live in Ontario, Canada. I'm 24 years old, have two younger brothers (Steve and Mike) and a beautiful wife, Kassie. My main interest is politics - that's what I'm studying, majoring in Political Science and minoring in French...parles-tu francais bien?
I work full-time at the Government of Canada, volunteer on Parliament Hill, for the Liberal Party, for the Canadian Celiac Association and for my condo board and, when I'm not working, volunteering or in school, I love playing baseball, hockey or cards. I watch hockey, sitcoms or CPAC on TV, and sleep as much as I can.
Politics is quite the obsession of mine. Here's some of my political views and/or aspirations:
restructuring the tax system to stop penalizing low and middle-income earners - bring on the revenue-neutral carbon tax!
legalization of marijuana, gay marriages, and physician-assisted suicide
protection of the environment, including the ratification of the Kyoto Accord
more centralized government in Canada
massive expansion of public transit
aggressively paying down Canada's national debt
Enough politics, then. I'm a big fan of the Ottawa Senators and if they're not playing, I'll cheer for any other Canadian team, usually Toronto. For baseball, I cheer on the Toronto Blue Jays and Florida Marlins.
I consider myself to be an extremely liberal Christian, and open to new ideas.
I like Blink 182, Linkin Park, the Killers and a few other music groups. I don't usually mind any music except country and some virulent forms of rap.
Sports I like playing are baseball, hockey, tennis, volleyball and rugby. I play hockey when I can, not in leagues though, and I play baseball in a cut-throat, highly competitive 3-pitch league. For my stats, click here.
I'm fairly active in campus groups at my university, and have performed various functions with the following groups:
Vice-President (Finance) of the Students for Palestinian Rights
Vice-President (Planning & Policy) of the University of Waterloo Young Liberals
Volunteer, University of Waterloo Sustainability Project
Vice-President (Finance) of the Political Science Student Association
Volunteer, Wellness Centre
Presidential candidate of record, University of Waterloo Federation of Students
