Vic Toews poses with Salmon
By Mitchel Raphael - Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 4 Comments
The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance held a reception at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa. Below, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance Executive Director Ruth Salmon.
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Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea.
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Hill Helps Haiti fundraiser packed
By Mitchel Raphael - Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:56 AM - 8 Comments
Folks from all parties packed the Hill Helps Haiti fundraiser organized by the government relations firm Summa Strategies. The event raised over $32,000. Below, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (left) and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea.
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Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay.
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Green leader Elizabeth May.
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Mitchel Raphael on the great sausage caper and a present for parliamentary geeks
By Mitchel Raphael - Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 9:40 AM - 7 Comments
After all that, he’s not sharing
Kenzie Potter, director of parliamentary affairs in government House leader Jay Hill’s office, desperately needed to get her hands on some Stawnichy sausages. They’re made in Mundare, Alta., 75 km east of Edmonton. She wanted to surprise her father, Dale Potter, a former Edmonton Eskimo who, in his 12-year career, helped the team win six Grey Cups. Her father, now living in Ottawa, hadn’t had a Stawnichy sausage in years and was craving them. She thought it would be the ideal birthday present and asked Labour Minister Rona Ambrose, who’s from Edmonton, for help. Ambrose wasn’t going to be in Edmonton but agreed to do what she could. She tried to have the sausages sent by mail but the shop said it couldn’t do that. Could they freeze the sausages, Ambrose asked, and she would have someone pick them up and fly them to Ottawa. For that, she was told, she would need special permission from the manager: Stawnichy rarely freezes its sausages for fear it will affect the taste. Continue… -
MPs, Tupperware and Mary Kay
By Mitchel Raphael - Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 3:42 PM - 15 Comments
The Direct Sellers Association of Canada (DSA) held a reception in 200 West Block that featured tables filled with things Tupperware and Mary Kay products. Public Safetly Minister Peter Van Loan (left) with DSA president Ross Creber.
Speaker Peter Milliken.
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Firefighters, liver cancer, and Trudeau hits the dance floor
By Mitchel Raphael - Monday, November 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM - 7 Comments
What A Girl Wants was a fundraiser for the Canadian Liver Foundation, which included a fashion show and Ottawa firefighters. Below, Justin Trudeau has a dance off with Kenzie Potter from Conservative House leader Jay Hill’s office.
One of the organizers Annette Martin (centre), wife of National Post columnist Don Martin, with Labour Minister Rona Ambrose and a firefighter.
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What scary Conservatives really look like
By Mitchel Raphael - Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 2:03 PM - 33 Comments
The Conservatives held their packed and fun Halloween party on the Hill. One of the best costumes was MP Rob Clarke (centre) seen here with his staff.
MP Candice Hoeppner (right) with her staffer dressed as Liberal MP Hedy Fry.
Tory staffer as NDP MP Linda Duncan’s “campaign manager.”
