Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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PARTY CENTRAL
20th Annual GG’s Performing Arts Awards Gala an all-star variety show

  
And the man who holds high places was on the Hill last week, but he was not ‘slappin’ da bass man!’

GG’s Performing Arts Awards recipients Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson, Janina Fialkowska, Paul-André Fortier, Des McAnuff, and Deepa Mehta in the House. Mary Walsh also honoured, but a no-show on the Hill.


  
Party Central: Going for the Gold at the Museum of Nature

Barrick Gold makes a controversial donation to the Canadian Museum of Nature


  
Gwyn wins prestigious book award at swishy Politics and the Pen shindig

  
Nash, Topp, Dewar party at the Sheraton with beer and pretzels, and free pizza at Cullen's Front Street shindig

Meanwhile, Niki Ashton brings back the colour blue


  
Oda goes off-script and Evan Solomon goes off-podium

  
Party Central wraps herself in the flag, and Happy Birthday Mr. Menzies

  
‘Be proud of what our artists do in the world,’ says Moore at Monsieur Lazhar screening

Oscar-nominated director of Monsieur Lazhar named in Variety as one of the 10 up-and-coming directors to watch in 2012.


  
Liberal A-listers fete MacEachen, Copps and Crawley host parties to shake hands and rub shoulders with supporters

Theme of the night: 'Take that Peter C. Newman, the Liberal Party is not dead'


  
They came, they presented excellence in genomics and proteomics research, and then they left the Hill

  
Cuzner, Trudeau, Cash and Critch sing, and Marston cuts a rug at Annual All-Party Party

  
Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner: hazy, fun

  
What a week! Gold Medal Plates dishes up tantalizing food and wine, fun crowd

Hope Live serves up a great crowd, plenty of music


  
Synergy is buzzword at Canada 2020, U.S. Embassy’s innovation shindig at Chateau Laurier

  
Billy Bishop Goes to War at the museum and Party Central goes Ukrainian for a night

  
Party Central: Amanda Lang makes Parliamentarians laugh a little, think a little, at annual Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians dinner

  
Ay Karumba! The PM ventures out on the town, partakes in official political Ottawa soirée film screening

  
Loads of MPs flock to Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s beefy shindig in East Block Courtyard

  
MPs and media flock to House Speaker Scheer’s BBQ shindig at Kingsmere

Parliament is back in session and that means so are the parties.


  
'There once was a man named Soudas. He put names on a list, got the media pissed, this pleased Harper, our Pater Familias'

PMO comms director Dimitri Soudas says farewell to Hillites at Sir John A. Pub in Ottawa last week.


  

HILL LIFE & PEOPLE SLIDESHOWS
Peter Milliken portait unveiling May 9, 2012

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Former House Speaker Peter Milliken poses with artist Paul Wyse, who painted his portrait.
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Conservative MPs Ed Holder, Patrick Brown and Rod Bruinooge.
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Hill and Knowlton's Don Boudria.
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Former Senator Marcel Prud'homme and former Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff.
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Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson.
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Former prime minister Joe Clark and Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella.
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Liberal Senator Joseph Day, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Peter Milliken.
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The crowd.
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Bob Rae, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan, Peter Milliken, Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella, Thomas Mulcair.
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Peter Milliken, Senate Speaker Noel Kinsella, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair.
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Peter Milliken and House Speaker Andrew Scheer unveil the portrait.
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Peter Milliken and the portrait.
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Artist Paul Wyse.
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Liberal interim leader Bob Rae, Government House Leader Peter Van Loan, House Speaker Andrew Scheer.
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NDP MP Denise Savoie and Peter Milliken.
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The portrait gets taken out to be hung.
The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright
Liberal Senator David Smith.

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