Janis Johnson

The U.S. Embassy held an election party at the Château Laurier. Obama-Biden and Romney-Ryan buttons were given out. Attendees could also have their pic taken with Barack Obama and/or Mitt Romney cutouts.

Mexico’s Ambassador Francisco Barrio Terrazas presented the Decoration of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle to former Speaker Peter Milliken. It is the highest award a non-Mexican can receive.  Milliken was lauded for helping to build relations between Canada and Mexico during his time as Speaker.

Special Olympics Canada held a reception on the Hill. (Left to right) Olympian Mark Tewksbury, Government House Leader John Baird and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff.

As part of the lead up to the Genie Awards in Ottawa on April 4, Susan Smith of Bluesky Strategy Group has been schlepping a giant Genie statue all over the Hill and getting folks to pose with it. There was a even a special screening in the Speaker Peter Milliken’s dining room of clips of some of the films nominated where folks like Newfoundland Liberal MP Scott Simms (below) got to pose with Genie.