his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday Nov. 25, 2010.
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[Photo by Sean Kilpatrick / © THE CANADIAN PRESS]
The Canadian Press
Date: Thursday Nov. 25, 2010 11:00 AM ET
OTTAWA — Quebec's Bonhomme Carnaval is attempting to burnish his tarnished image during a visit with Stephen Harper. The always jovial mascot of Quebec City's winter carnival met with Harper and Quebec Tory MPs for a photo-op at the Prime Minister's Office.
You can read more about this high kicking visit at:
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Politics/20101125/bonhomme-quebec-101125/
And speaking of Large Snowmen....Our friend DH sent in this photo of a very large inflatable waving snowman who is standing over John's Home & Garden Center, Rt 23 South in Newfoundland, NJ....some have said after seeing this that "Puff Daddy is overseeing the Garden State" for the holiday season....