Jonathan Hopkins

**Jonity Jonin J. "Jon" Hopkins** PC CC (born September 5, XXXX) is an accomplished former model parliamentarian who was active from MPSP15 up until MPSP19. During MPSP18, he primarily served as a member of Model Parliament Committee and as part of the media team. He was later elected in a by-election to his former seat of Niagara Centre on Day 2 of MPSP18 and became Prime Minister under the FUN-DADDY coalition. He was re-elected in MPSP19, where he served Speaker of the House.

## Formation of the National Archives

Hopkins is the founder of The National Archives and the inaugural holder of the position of Curator of the National Archives and created the wiki alongside the archives files and file banks. For his work on the National Archives, he was awarded the honorific of The Right Honourable by Governor General Lhori Webster during MPSP17 despite not having served as Prime Minister.

## Hopkins and Comrade Black

According to many colleagues, Hopkins, who was the Director of Media, bore a very similar appearance to that of Comrade Black, who also proclaimed himself the Head of the Media, which included both the National Roast and Mope and Wail at the time. Black mostly focused on content for the Mope and Wail, ceding control over the National Roast to its editor-in-chief Marky Mark Critch. Black was also the host of media events alongside Critch, including Election Night coverage and the 2nd annual Roastmedia Awards. This division of powers ended when both Hopkins and Carrière entered the House, as both model parliamentarians worked to produce morning newspapers under the National Roast.

## Political career

### MPSP15

Hopkins began as the Opposition Critic for Sport under the CCCC. In opposition, he challenged the CASE government's position on child unemployment and the legislation to solve the problem. After the fall of CASE, he was initially left out of Cabinet. However, during Question Period, he rose to answer questions that no minister would. He was then appointed as minister of aboriginal affairs.

### MPSP16

In his second term, he was elected to the neighbouring rural riding of Niagara West under the HICK party. After its dissolution, he became the Minister of Employment under an INC government. After the government's fall, Hopkins joined the committee on foreign affairs and, upon the creation of the Star Wars Party, sat as an independent. It was there he passed the Making Dreams Come True Act.

#### The Making Dreams Come True Act

The Making Dreams Come True Act was a Private Members' Bill moved by Hopkins after becoming an Independent. The bill focused on eliminating age restrictions on labour and ensuring that young people of all ages could work and be provided with the correct equipment to do so safely. Many applauded it as ending ageist practices, which had been fought against on 2 other occasions in the house previously. "This will allow our young people to follow their dreams when they decide they are ready to, not when the government arbitrarily allows it." Hopkins had argued. Critics said this was blatantly allowing for exploitation; however, this was dismissed as "A betrayal of children everywhere.".

See the original Bill here.

### MPSP17

Hopkins was a founding member of the CPU party. Refusing to join Cabinet, he joined the Model Parliament Committee to help introduce new MPs into Model Parliament, procedure and committees. He also served as the deputy whip to further help new MPs.

After becoming bored, he started the Feudalists United Nationally Party. He, alongside Michael Giesbrecht, led the FUN party to sit as a third party under the new HOOK-CLASS coalition. As the leader of the third party, he held to his promise to run a party meant to have FUN and be loyal to its ideals. After the defeat of the HOOK-CLASS government, FUN was the only official party not to have lost the confidence of the house; however, rather than merge and claim the PMO for himself, He held to the principles of his party. He ended the day as leader of the third party.

### MPSP18

Hopkins was a member of the Model Parliament Committee, mostly focusing on Committees. He was also the head of media and liaison between the Model Parliament Committee and the Media Team. However, he was once again elected to the riding of Niagara Centre as an independent. He sat as the Committee on Oceans and Fisheries chair and would reform the FUN party; however, this was not as successful as the previous year. Despite this setback, the FUN party was able to join the DADDY party to create the FUN-DADDY coalition. This coalition was able to take government in the afternoon of Day 2. Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was given the seat of Prime Minister by the leader of the DADDY party, Rebecca Jones. He was the final Prime Minister of MPSP18 and was given the title of Companion in The Order of Canada by Governor General Craig Mutter.