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Year of the Inuit

National Inuit Leader Mary Simon, below, and her organization Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) kicked…

by Mitchel Raphael on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 12:37pm - 9 Comments

National Inuit Leader Mary Simon, below, and her organization Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) kicked off their “2010: Year of the Inuit” initiative with a special reception in Peter Milliken’s dining room.

Simon with senators from The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples.

Senator Carolyn Stewart-Olsen.

Juno-award winner Susan Aglukark.

Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt.

Justice minister Rob Nicholson with Simon.

Liberal MP Anita Neville (right) with Simon.

Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea.

Bloc MP Nicole Demers.

Liberal MP Gerard Kennedy.

Liberal staffers Christian Dicks (left) and Mathieu Gravel.

Greg MacEachern (left) and Robin MacLachlan from Summa.

The food.

The crowd.

Tags: Anita Neville, carolyn stewart olsen, Christian Dicks, Gail Shea, Gerard Kennedy, Greg MacEachern, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, ITK, Lisa Raitt, Mary Simon, Mathieu Gravel, Nicole Demers, Rob Nicholson, Robin MacLachlan, Summa, Susan Aglukark

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http://www.shabasy.com Don Johnson

I was there. Great food.

Gail Sheas breathing is so loud I had to move across the room to properly hear the person I was talking to.
http://intensedebate.com/people/OntarioTown OntarioTown

That doesn't sound very good – healthwise.
MJ Patchouli

Hmm, she's really florid too. I wonder why the men MPs are so much better dressed than the women? Aside from the fact that women look idiotic in suits, Shea's suit is the wrong colour for her florid complexion, Anita Neville — lose that houndstooth: it's not your friend! Someone is wearing yellow plaid pants!

And so it's the year of the Inuit — well, they have some splainin' to do — like what's wrong with the word Eskimo for starters?