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Green day: Local funnyman Tom Green hosts picnic to stop Château Laurier expansion

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Liberal MP Mona Fortier, left, joined comedian Tom Green, and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, right, at a July 27 picnic of likeminded Ottawans who oppose the Château Laurier expansion. Photograph courtesy of Jean-Marc Carisse

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT, NEIL MOSS

July 31, 2019

Ottawa-born comedian Tom Green’s sunset picnic beside the Château Laurier in Major’s Hill Park drew an estimated 300 people on July 27, based on media reports. [caption id="attachment_209950" align="alignleft" width="300"]

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