Party Central

Popcorn, prosecco, and 200 guests swarm Métropolitain for post-budget shindig

The PMO's squad, including Katie Telford, Gerald Butts, and Kate Purchase made an entrance, while other Hill staffers, politicos, journalists, and lobbyists flocked to the evening post-budget after-party.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's senior policy adviser Gerald Butts chats with former PMO's policy officer Julie Savard-Shaw at the post-budget party. The Hill Times file photograph Andrew Meade

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

March 5, 2018

No, there weren’t any scandalous stories nor any bar fights. But there was a lot of laughing, hugging, drinking, and mingling during Earnscliffe Strategy Group’s popular after-budget party last Tuesday night at the political hangout, Métropolitain, a few blocks east of the Hill. Shortly after ...

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