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Prime Minister Paul Martin flips a hamburger at a fund-raising barbecue on Parliament Hill Sept. 28 in support of victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States. United States Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins (left) and Dr. Pierre Duplessis, Secretary General of the Canadian Red Cross (right), also took part in the campaign in support of the organization's relief efforts. Senators, MPs and the leaders of all parties in Parliament were among the cooks and servers at the event, attended by more than 2,000 people. The lunch-hour crowd raised $125,000 for the Red Cross campaign.

More than 2,000 people turned out on Parliament Hill Sept. 28 for a lunch-hour fund-raising barbecue in support of victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States. The cooks included Prime Minister Paul Martin and U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins, as well as Senators, MPs and the leaders of all parties in Parliament. The campaign in support of the Red Cross relief effort raised $125,000.

	Haitian-born TV journalist  Michaelle Jean, is escorted from the Centre Block on Parliament Hill Sept. 27 by Prime Minister Paul Martin following her installation  Sept. 27as Canada's 27th Governor General. Jean, 48, succeeds Adrienne Clarkson as the Queen's representative in Canada.
	Haitian-born journalist   Michaelle Jean, 48, inspects the honour guard on Parliament Hill following her installation as Canada's 27th Governor General Sept. 27.
	Michaelle Jean, Canada's first black vice-regal, takes the salute of the honour guard on Parliament Hill after being sworn in as Canada's 27th Governor General Sept. 27.
	Many of those who turned out on Parliament Hill Sept. 27 to congratulate Canada's new Governor General, Haitian-born TV journalist  Michaelle Jean, were Haitian-Canadians.
	Governor General Michaelle Jean and her husband, Quebec filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond , leave Parliament Hill in a horse-drawn landau following her installation Sept. 27 as Canada's 27th Governor General.
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	Marie-Eden, the six-year-old adopted daughter of new Governor General Michaelle Jean and her husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, blocks her ears during the 21-gun salute to her mother on Parliament Hill Sept. 27

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