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‘Baptism by fire’ for new MPs out on the ‘barbecue circuit’: riding events prime time for summer schmoozing

Rookie MPs are busy setting up their offices and meeting with constituents, while others are training for charity rides and retreating to the mountains.

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Green Leader Elizabeth May, clockwise top left, and Conservative MPs Andrew Lawton and Marilyn Gladu, Liberal MPs Jennifer McKelvie and Jessica Fancy-Landry, and NDP MP Heather McPherson are spending their summers putting in ‘face time’ with their constituents and attending local riding events. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, courtesy of Facebook
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