Sitting MPs include a cage fighter, a Karate sensei and a Canadian Forces nurse
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Bev Oda on three mementoes from her life as MP
Canada’s longest serving CIDA minister tells Maclean’s what she saved as she cleaned out her office
Mitchel Raphael on power hiking in Banff and an Olympic fanatic
The Hill’s hikers
NDP or Dutch?
‘Judge, referee and kindergarten teacher’
Ignatieff’s freedom of speech and Munk’s gold
Of duelling ribbons
Why some MPs are swimming together
And why others are sitting in the back row of the House
On spousal privileges on the Hill
White and yellow gold pins, awarded for life, get MPs and their partners special access
Parliamentarian of the Year awards: Baird is the best, Bob is the best orator
Text and photos by Mitchel Raphael
Capital Diary: Week starting January 21
Mitchel Raphael on who’s bringing high heels to the mountain and prorogation cuts
Mitchel Raphael on a Rahim Jaffer joke
And why Nova Scotian Bill Casey is so popular