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A remembrance night was held last week for Liberal communications director Mario Lagüe, who died in a motorcycle accident in August.

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Liberal MP Stéphane Dion.
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Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff and his wife Zsuzsanna Zsohar.
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Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay.
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Liberal MP Anita Neville.
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Eddie Goldenberg.

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CBC’s Evan Solomon.

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Liberal Senator Jim Munson and former Liberal MP Karen Redman.

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Liberal MPs Rob Oliphant and Maria Minna.

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Pat Sorbara.

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Liberal aide Perry Tsergas.
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Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers.
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NDP MP Peter Stoffer (left).

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The food.

