Dairy Farmers parliamentary showcase, 2014

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The Dairy Farmers of Canada hosted the Dairy Showcase Reception on Feb. 4  at the Chateau Laurier. Farmers from all across the country attended and mixed with parliamentarians and media. Prize-winning cheeses were to be had alongside glasses of chocolate milk and desserts … with milk and ricotta cheese! Photos by Anthony Kellner, intern at The Lobby Monitor.

Liberal MP David McGuinty and Parliament Secretary James Bezan, (left to right), meet near the food table to speak.

Left to right: Liberal MP David McGuinty, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence James Bezan, and Mike Dungate of the Chicken Farmers of Canada

 

Public Safety Minister, Steven Blaney, attended the event, stopping to speak with many Parliamentarians and guests.

Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, right, with Dairy Farmers of Canada president Wally Smith

 

Green Party leader Elizabeth May takes time out of her busy schedule to enjoy the food and drink with some friends.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, right, with Anita Medl of SaskMilk, left, and Bethany Dykstra, a New Brunswick dairy farmer.

 

Paul Hargreaves, British Columbia Dairy Association representative, was one of many West Canadian reps to attend the event.

Paul Hargreaves, British Columbia Dairy Association representative

 

Robert Speer of New Brunswick, represented part of the Atlantic Canadian farmers who were able to make their way to Ottawa for the event.

Robert Speer of New Brunswick, middle, represented farmers from Atlantic Canada

 


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