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Craig Oliver turns 70

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CTV legend Craig Oliver held his 70th birthday bash at the Fairmont Château Laurier ballroom. The event raised $100, 000 for the W. Bruce Jackson Endowment for Fellowships in Ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa. Oliver is legally blind.


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Political heavyweights were out in full force: Stephen Harper, Jean Chrétien (and note Michael Igantieff in the background).

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Chrétien with Claude Sauvé, general manager of the Fairmont Château Laurier.

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Chrétien and Justin Trudeau.

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Chrétien and CTV’s Lloyd Robertson.

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Chrétien and Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla.

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Bernard Lord, former Premier of New Brunswick, and Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.

 

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(Left to right) former Green Party press secretary Camille Labchuk, Green Leader Elizabeth May, Matthew Deacon from the government whip’s office, Transport Minister John Baird.

 

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Power Tories (left to right): Josh McJannett of Summa Strategies with Tory MP Michael Chong and former MP Rahim Jaffer.

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Josh McJannett of Summa Strategies with his Summa colleague Greg MacEachern.

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Summa Strategies’ star Tim Powers.

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Michael Ignatieff’s wife, Zsuzsanna Zsohar.

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