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Parliament Hill staffers out on election campaign trail too

Political staffers do it because their jobs and livelihoods are on the line and they believe in the cause.

Normally, they're suit-and-tie and pencil-skirt clad Parliament Hill staffers, but for the past few weeks they've been jeans-wearing, coffee-swilling, even more BlackBerry-addicted campaigners, who are getting their hands dirty in this federal election, some working 12 hours a day, six days a week, eating crappy food on the fly, door-knocking, digging up dirt, writing, researching, hanging signs, and scheduling media calls, and sometimes with no pay.

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Parliament Hill staffers out on election campaign trail too

Political staffers do it because their jobs and livelihoods are on the line and they believe in the cause.

Normally, they're suit-and-tie and pencil-skirt clad Parliament Hill staffers, but for the past few weeks they've been jeans-wearing, coffee-swilling, even more BlackBerry-addicted campaigners, who are getting their hands dirty in this federal election, some working 12 hours a day, six days a week, eating crappy food on the fly, door-knocking, digging up dirt, writing, researching, hanging signs, and scheduling media calls, and sometimes with no pay.

  

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