You can learn a lot about a person in one minute. Remember when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took our 60-Second Challenge? His impromptu poetry recital and sly allusion to a certain alter ego—Smokey Sussex—made headlines around the world. We asked Trudeau’s parliamentary colleagues from every party to take the same challenge. Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette played along. Asked for his favourite prime minister, Falcon-Oullette looked across the aisle—and back a few decades.

Maclean’s and l’actualité will celebrate a new class of MPs at Welcome to the Hill, a gala event at Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier on Feb. 23. The evening will culminate in a ceremony that honours an outstanding former parliamentarian with a lifetime achievement award.

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  Robert-Falcon Oullette

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  Randeep Sarai

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  Daniel Blaikie

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  Rodger Cuzner

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  Maryam Monsef

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  Michelle Rempel

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  Seamus O’Regan

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  Celina Caesar-Chavannes

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  Alexandre Boulerice

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  Lisa Raitt

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  Elizabeth May

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  Erin O’Toole

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  Harjit Sajjan

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  Peter Kent

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  Bardish Chagger

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  Todd Doherty

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  Peter Schiefke

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  Ruth Ellen Brosseau

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