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External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp surrounded by members of the media, Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 7, 1970. Sharp went on national television to call on kidnappers of British diplomat James Cross to name a negotiator to discuss with the federal government the early release of the victim. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Bregg
Members of the media watch a television monitor on Parliament Hill as Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces that parliament will be prorogued in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec.4, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
Reporters watch Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff vote against a motion to implement measures from the last budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday September 18, 2009. The motion passed with the support of the Conservative, NDP and Bloc parties voting in favour. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
