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MPs should remember honour, privilege of being a federal lawmaker, no matter where they are
Jan 14, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Parliamentary Leader Guy Caron, and MPs and clerks posed for a photograph on Dec. 12, 2018, to mark the temporary closure of the Centre Block. Photograph courtesy of the House of Commons
Before the House adjourned last month, MPs took a group photo in the Chamber. Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Bloc, Green, and Independent MPs, along with all the House clerks, assembled together at the south end of the Chamber and faced north looking up for the photographer. It was a historic picture.
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