A dispatch from the front lines of the new French revolution

Farewell to Quebec

A surprise 60th birthday party was held for Ted Menzies, minister of state for finance, at Ottawa’s hip restaurant Play.
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<figure id="attachment_241538" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-241538" style="width: 660px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/25/ted-menzies-turns-60/attachment/241538/" rel="attachment wp-att-241538"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-241538" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-660x439.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="439" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-660x439.jpg 660w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-680x453.jpg 680w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-360x240.jpg 360w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-120x80.jpg 120w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-510x340.jpg 510w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-270x180.jpg 270w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-540x360.jpg 540w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-123x82.jpg 123w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-273x182.jpg 273w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2596-650x433.jpg 650w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-241538" class="wp-caption-text">Immigration Minister Jason Kenney</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_241540" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-241540" style="width: 660px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/25/ted-menzies-turns-60/attachment/241540/" rel="attachment wp-att-241540"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-241540" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-660x439.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="439" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-660x439.jpg 660w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-680x453.jpg 680w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-360x240.jpg 360w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-120x80.jpg 120w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-510x340.jpg 510w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-270x180.jpg 270w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-540x360.jpg 540w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-123x82.jpg 123w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-273x182.jpg 273w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2616-650x433.jpg 650w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-241540" class="wp-caption-text">Speaker Andrew Scheer (left) and former Speaker Peter Milliken.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_241541" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-241541" style="width: 660px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/25/ted-menzies-turns-60/img_2623-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-241541"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-241541" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-660x439.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="439" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-660x439.jpg 660w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-680x453.jpg 680w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-360x240.jpg 360w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-120x80.jpg 120w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-510x340.jpg 510w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-270x180.jpg 270w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-540x360.jpg 540w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-123x82.jpg 123w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-273x182.jpg 273w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2623-650x433.jpg 650w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-241541" class="wp-caption-text">Conservative MP Chris Alexander (left) and Tory political strategist Jaime Watt.</figcaption></figure>
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<a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/25/ted-menzies-turns-60/attachment/241542/" rel="attachment wp-att-241542"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-241542" src="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-660x439.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="439" srcset="https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-660x439.jpg 660w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-680x453.jpg 680w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-360x240.jpg 360w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-120x80.jpg 120w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-510x340.jpg 510w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-270x180.jpg 270w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-540x360.jpg 540w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-123x82.jpg 123w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-273x182.jpg 273w, https://cms.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_2585-650x433.jpg 650w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /></a>

Ted Menzies turns 60

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