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Parliamentarians send love to MP Kmiec after death of his daughter

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Tom Kmiec and his wife Evangeline hold their daughter Lucy-Rose in a photo Mr. Kmiec shared of one of their happy moments together. Lucy-Rose passed away on Aug. 13. Photograph courtesy of Tom Kmiec's Facebook page

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BY NEIL MOSS

August 20, 2018

MPs and Senators of all political stripes sent public messages of support and sympathy to first-term Conservative MP Tom Kmiec after he announced the death of his daughter, Lucy-Rose, on Aug. 14. Lucy-Rose was just 39 days old. She had been diagnosed with trisomy 13, a chromosome d...

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