Longest serving Speaker and crappy food

A special reception was held at the NAC to honour Peter Milliken, who recently became Canada’s longest serving Speaker. The food was crap, but the place was packed. Below is the Speaker and Labour Minister Rona Ambrose.

Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.

Heather Bradley from the Speaker’s office.

Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt.

Liberal MP Ralph Goodale.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.

NDP MP Libby Davies.

The band.

Liberal Senator Jerry Grafstein.

Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe.

Liberal MP Martha Hall Findlay.

Historica-Dominion Institute VP Marc Chalifoux.

Bloc MPs Luc Malo (left) and Meili Faille.

Conservative MP Steven Fletcher.

Conservative MP Patrick Brown.

The Speaker with Minister of International Trade Stockwell Day and his wife Val Day.

The cake.