Here’s the official photo of the people who showed up at today’s rally to keep the Portrait Gallery in Ottawa – click the image for a larger version.
That’s me – very front row, very far left. Next to me is a blogger friend who I think might prefer to remain ‘ominous.’ I was so pleased to see that at least a few regular readers of my blog showed up, including the two Nancys, Skylark, and the blogger on my left.
Several politicians showed up too, including MP Paul Dewar, and Ottawa City Councillors Diane Holmes and Clive Doucet.
I don’t know if we saved the Portrait Gallery or not – the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, wants to crassly auction it off to the highest bidder – but it’s kind of cool that this portrait of us might be hanging in the Portrait Gallery someday.
The photograph was taken by Paul Couvrette, who is one of Ottawa’s finest portrait photographers. This is him here, taking the official portrait of us.
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I just got back and a friend gave me the newspaper with a similar photo in it and apparently, Scrabulous Rob was there too! Fun stuff. I can see him in the Citizen photo but not you. Either way, I need a magnifying glass.