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June’s silly season shindig sprint

Up this month: awards galore with The Pearson Centre, Cutest Pets, and Governor General doling out accolades, plus the Prime Minister's Garden Party.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, chats with Michael Serapio, then with CPAC, at the Media Garden Party at Rideau Cottage last June. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

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BY STUART BENSON

June 1, 2026

The first week of silly season is already in the rearview, and the next three weeks (at most) might be your last chance to squeeze in a few more Hill festivities before Ottawa's politicians, politicos, and the press scatter to their hometowns for the summer hiatus.

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