The 29th Annual Genie Awards came to Ottawa for the first time. Five MPs showed up. The stars came out. Backstage, CTV’s eTalk served the same cookies that Barack Obama bought when the U.S. president was in Ottawa. Everyone left with a bag of chips. (Text and photos by Mitchel Raphael.)
Nico Pecota
Museum staff
MP Pablo Rodriguez
Devon Bostick
Dave Foley
Joe Dinicol and Martha Hall Findlay
Joe Dinicol and Lindsay Blackett
Kevin Newman
More Mounties
Royal Galipeau
Jim Watson and Jayne Watson
Sarah Polley
Rossif Sutherland
Rossif Sutherland and Sara Morton
Dave Foley and Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley and David Sandomierski
Sarah Polley and MP Martha Hall Findlay
Sarah Polley and MP Paul Dewar
Marie Lemay
Devon Bostick
Carole Lavallée
The ushers.
Rupinder Nagra
Paul Galipeau and Paul Dewa
Richard Comeau
Yves-Christian Fournier
Backstage: The media.
Kristin Booth
Marcel Jean and Claude Cloutier
Backstage: The photographer’s pit.
Obama Cookies
Callum Keith Rennie
Photographer Charles-Henri Debeur
The folks behind Up The Yangtze
Natar Ungalaaq
Benoît Pilon
Larry O’Brien and George Stroumboulopoulos
MP Paul Dewar
Food bag
MP Martha Hall Findlay and her son
George Stroumboulopoulos
Kristin Booth
