Gallery: Mandatory baby and kid photo-ops

 

Tough-talking and hurling political insults may be the norm during the campaign trail, however seeing major party leaders with babies and kids make their personas all the more fuzzy and likeable.

 
April 1, 2011
 
 
 
Canada's Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff kisses Karmen Hansra, 2, outside a party rally in Mississauga March 28, 2011.
 

Canada's Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff kisses Karmen Hansra, 2, outside a party rally in Mississauga March 28, 2011.

Photograph by: Mike Cassese, Reuters

 
Canada's Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff kisses Karmen Hansra, 2, outside a party rally in Mississauga March 28, 2011.
Conservative leader and Prime Minister Stephen Harper holds three-year-old Journey Benson during a campaign event in Beaumont, Alberta March 28, 2011.
Two-year-old Ethan Bobak (R) cheers on Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Harper speaks during a campaign stop at a farm in Wainfleet, Ontario April 4, 2011.
New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton (R) laughs with 13-month old Christian and his parents Barbara Odenwald and Pierre Ducasse at a campaign stop in Gatineau, Quebec, April 3, 2011.
Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks with a boy while working behind the counter during a campaign stop at a Tim Hortons in Dieppe, New Brunswick April 1, 2011.
Michaela Capuano practices karate with Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a campaign event at a gym in Ottawa April 3, 2011.
Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe holds grandson Luca Furoy with his wife, Yolande Brunelle, by his side at a rally in Montreal. “Poor Larry,” Duceppe said Tuesday, responding to Larry Smith’s comments on the French language.
New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton (L) laughs with his granddaughter NDP's campaign kickoff event at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Canada, on March 26, 2011.
NDP Leader Jack Layton gets a high five from Isabella Samaroden, 2, at federal election campaign kick-off rally at the Art Gallery of Alberta.
Canada's Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff gives a child a high five at Lord Roberts Preschool after making a craft in Winnipeg, Manitoba March 31, 2011.
Canada's Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff reaches for paint while visiting children at Lord Roberts Preschool before making a childcare announcement in Winnipeg, Manitoba March 31, 2011.
NDP leader Jack Layton greets a young girl while visiting a small grocery story in Surrey, British Columbia March 27, 2011.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits and talks to the media at the Wellburn home in Saanich. Fiona Wellburn plays to the left of Harper. (March 28, 2011)
Two-year-old Fiona Wellburn plays as Conservative leader and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes an announcement during a campaign stop at the Wellburn family home in Saanich, British Columbia March 28, 2011.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper focused on issues that would appeal to families on his campaign tour to Greater Victoria on March 28, 2011.
NDP Leader Jack Layton gets a high five from Isabella Samaroden, 2, at a federal election campaign kick-off rally at the Art Gallery of Alberta on March 26, 2011, in Edmonton, Alberta.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, on the third day of his national campaign tour, visits the Wellburn home in Saanich, B.C., March 28, 2011
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff holds eight-month-old Abizaveh as his mother, Noel Sorvera, looks on during a stop at a coffee shop in Montreal early Sunday. Ignatieff was on the attack Sunday against Stephen Harper, Gilles Duceppe and Jack Layton.
Batool Saleh (left/7-years-old) makes eye contact with Prime Minister Stephen Harper while he reads a book to a Grade 2 class at Kensington School in Edmonton on Oct. 8, 2010.
 
 
 
 
 

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