I’ll have a pizza, a pint, and a Pepsi with the defence minister

Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor, the Toronto-born Tory MP, has run these meet-and-greets since 2004, when he was first elected to the House of Commons. He held two last week. Only a handful showed up.

Gordon O'Connor is no stranger to controversy. At a time when Canada is involved in a divisive and bloody war in Afghanistan and as the death toll rises, the national defence minister regularly must defend his government's stand on the war, deflect calls for his resignation, and deny rumours he'l...

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