‘Quite frankly, women are tired of being ignored’: House of Commons expected to vote on the ‘tampon tax’ next week
NDP MPs, staffers and friends gathered for Halloween at the NDP watering hole Brixton’s. Outfits included Mitt Romney’s “binders full of women,” Bev Oda sipping $16 OJ (albeit from a plastic container) and NDP MP Niki Ashton as Big Bird.
CPAC celebrated their 20th anniversary in the East Block courtyard.
Irene Mathyssen and Claude Gravelle go for Paul Dewar.
Rona Ambrose, Minister for Status of Women, hosted a reception in Senate Speaker Noël Kinsella’s salon in honour Women’s History Month. The gathering was to celebrate women in Canadian military forces.
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MPs show off some new looks for the beginning of the new session. Below, Liberal MP Siobhan Coady and her sealskin ear muffs.
NDP MP Irene Mathyssen, on behalf of two high schoolers, tables a bill to ban plastic shopping bags.
Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D) held a reception on the Hill to highlight the work they are doing in Africa. Below, Susan Smith of Bluesky Strategy Group and Tim Powers of Summa Strategies.
Folks from all parties packed the Hill Helps Haiti fundraiser organized by the government relations firm Summa Strategies. The event raised over $32,000. Below, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (left) and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea.
The Canadian Pork Council held a special reception at the Sheraton hotel. Below, Liberal MP Mark Eyking.