The Grain Growers of Canada and Broadbent Institute provided some reasons to be social in the capital last week.
Grain Growers of Canada's President Jeff Nielsen chats with Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon, parliamentary secretary to Transport Minister Marc Garneau, at the Grain Growers reception. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright.
Despite the horrible rainy weather that Ottawa saw last week, it didn’t keep MPs—or me—away from a couple of key events.
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