Sleep, not a second round, reigns supreme in the front row to history

There’s a lot about the life of a political staffer that cannot be guaranteed, but sleep is almost never wasted because you never know which day is going to be one for the record books.

Parliamentarians, staffers, and friends of the bar pack the Metropolitain Brasserie Restaurant on March 23, 2022, for an event dubbed A Night for the Met. You’ll never regret skipping the second bar in favour of being fresh for what’s coming the next day, writes Mitch Heimpel. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Opinion

BY MITCH HEIMPEL

August 3, 2022

Incoming staffers, let me give you one piece of advice that I wish a 23-year-old me had received … and probably would have ignored anyway. Don't go to the second bar. There's a lot that I can't guarantee for you about life in politics. My dad always told me that anyone who wants a warranty shoul...

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