http://lunchwithmary.com/2009/05/21/member-of-parliament-olivia-chow/ Free lunches and open minds Fri, 11 May 2012 17:18:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://lunchwithmary.com/2009/05/21/member-of-parliament-olivia-chow/#comment-906 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:45:56 +0000 http://lunchwithmary.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/member-of-parliament-olivia-chow/#comment-906 [...] Parliament for Davenport in Toronto. A few years ago, I was able to take out Andrew's NDP colleague Olivia Chow for lunch, who was my MP when I lived in Trinity-Spadina, and I was excited to take out my MP in my [...]

]]> http://lunchwithmary.com/2009/05/21/member-of-parliament-olivia-chow/#comment-54 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:27:52 +0000 http://lunchwithmary.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/member-of-parliament-olivia-chow/#comment-54 Loving your blog! This sounded like an awesome lunch.

]]> http://lunchwithmary.com/2009/05/21/member-of-parliament-olivia-chow/#comment-43 Sun, 31 May 2009 15:08:27 +0000 http://lunchwithmary.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/member-of-parliament-olivia-chow/#comment-43 Olivia Chow is awesome.

]]> http://lunchwithmary.com/2009/05/21/member-of-parliament-olivia-chow/#comment-38 Fri, 22 May 2009 16:14:02 +0000 http://lunchwithmary.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/member-of-parliament-olivia-chow/#comment-38 Always a great read Mary. You’re absolutely right about not necessarily sharing political leanings, but still being interested and getting some very valuable advice / interesting life experience conversations. I think all too often politicians are put on a pedestal by those in the chattering class, but then we find they are passionate people trying to deal with everyday (though often quite extraordinary) problems just like many of us. Next up – the Mayor!

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