Press gallery gets a new executive, approves constitution changes

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The press gallery has revamped its constitution and has a new executive that includes, from left: Radio-Canada’s Philippe-Vincent Foisy, president; The Toronto Star’s Tonda MacCharles, vice-president; CBC’s Elizabeth Thompson, treasurer; and The National Post’s Marie-Danielle Smith, secretary.The Hill Times photograph by Shruti Shekar and file photos, Twitter photograph

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

February 28, 2018

The Parliamentary Press Gallery has a new executive and revised constitution, thanks to some changes approved at the group's annual general meeting on Feb. 23. The gallery passed several changes to its constitution after deciding at the last annual meeting that the document needed some sprucing up ...

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