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‘There is no greater guy in this place’: MPs celebrate outgoing Liberal MP Eyking
By Neil Moss May 20, 2019
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While they were being celebrated in the House, MPs revelled in the retelling of Mark Eyking, pictured with former Liberal MP Paddy Torsney, and Rodger Cuzner's 2009 beaver-saving escapade on Sparks Street on their way home from D'Arcy McGee's Irish Pub. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
MPs from all parties honoured Mark Eyking‘s federal service last week, and reminisced about his beaver-saving heroics.
Neil MossNeil Moss is a reporter at The Hill Times covering federal politics, foreign policy, and defence.
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