Starting this fall. the two North Shore
Tory MPs will have to make way for a
third North Shore resident in the House
of Commons: North Vancouver's
Katharine Parslow.

The |7-year-old Handsworth Secon-
dary school graduate has been selected
to work as a page in the the House of
Commons while she studies generat arts
this fall at the University of Ottawa.

Parstow was in Ottawa recently and
spent a day observing the question
period debate in the House of Commons.
But what interested her more than the
stimulating political banter was the ac-
tivity of a handful of youthful-looking in-
dividuals whe spent their time scurry-
ing around the House passing notes from
one pelitician to another.

““E wondered who these people were
and what they were doing.” says
Parslow. “I never knew these pages ex-
isted.”

When she returned to North Van-
couver she found cut about the House
of Commons page program and applied
for it. And, admits Parslow, it wasn’t
easy.
She had to write an essay and a general
knowledge exam in which she was
tested on Canadian history and current
events before being interviewed by a
page selection committee.

Shortly afterwards she received the
good news that she had been selected
as one of only 42 pages fiom across the
country to work in the House of
Cornmions.

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i\tawa will pay he: air fare to the nation’s capital,
aus she must be there by Aug. 10. Parslow must
spend 15 hours a week as a page and work four
shifts a week, which translates into four days a week.
“1 always like to see how government works
and see how things influence other things. |

can’t wait to get there.”’ she says.

Born in Winnipeg.

back to North Vancouver and went to
Handsworth Secondary school.

She admits her family and friends have
mixed emotions about her trip to
Ottawa.

“My family thinks it is super, but a
couple of people don’t «vant me to
leave.”

The House of Commons gig may
come in handy in Parstow’s future.
Career wise, she hopes either to /ae8
land a job with the federal govern-
ment or move back to B.C.to
become a French immersion
teacher. ‘

But working as a page in g
the House of Commons is
not the only job Parslow
will be doing while back
east. She will also act as Zaps!
Ottawa bureau chief and will be filing
stories with Zap! about life in the na-
tion's capital.

— By Suij Rattan
News Reporter

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Ages 9 to 14

(50m-7:30pm)
{9:30am-Noon)

Parsiow once lived at
Norih Vancouver's Ouidoor School while her
father was a teacher there. She then went on
to Narth Vancouver's Cleveland Elementary /
school. spent Grade 9 in Montreal and came

SS oa i es
NORTH VANCOUVER'S Katharine Parslow, 17, who graduated this
month from Handsworth Secondary School, is on her way fo post-
secondary studies at the University of Ottawa. While in the na-
tion's capital, she will work as a page in the House of Commons
and file reports back to Zap!

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This week's question:

Would you rather
have one long
summer break,
or several two
and three-week

holidays?

CALL:
980-K!
ALBERTA AND Ontario
school boards are considering
giving students several two
or three-week breaks instead
of one long summer
vacation.

What do you think about
this idea? Should B.C.
schools follow suit. or do
you enjoy your two
months in La-La Land too
mutch to give them up?

Call the Zap! TalkBack
line (980-KIDS) before Mon-
day morning to give us
your opinion on the issue.

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