Lover of legislatures & law! Practicing parliamentary counsel here to follow scholarship on legislative institutions. Views are personal, misinformed too.
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Unparliamentary: Tales from Canada’s Colourful Parliamentary Past
The book: utppublishing.com/doi/book/1…
The book launch - June 18th in Ottawa: eventbrite.ca/e/book-launch-…
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - October 26, 1987: “The word is ‘hypocrisy’ not ‘high-pocrisy’”… the Hansard version of you say po-tato and I say pa-tato
🦇🕸️🌙 On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - October 25, 2011: The Commons Speaker finds that “goblin” is not parliamentary. 🎃👻
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - October 24, 1991: The Senate’s Internal Economy committee meets in public, reportedly for the first time in the institution’s history.
Today in Canadian parliamentary history - October 23, 1979: The historic Rideau Club across from Parliament burns. Papers tell us that thousands gathered on the Hill to watch the "spectacular" fire because it was the only exciting thing happening in Ottawa on a Tuesday night.
Sometimes I think about when PM Harper met the winners of « Occupation Double » and laugh while imagining what the scenario note must have said…
Delighted to see my book "Unparliamentary" in the November Literary Review of Canada written up under the fine pen of former Globe and Mail national affairs columnist Jeffrey Simpson :-) reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202…
Parliamentary Christmas sweater from the UK cost an extra $21 to get through customs?!? That’s the real war on Christmas!!!!
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - October 21, 1944: The launch of the 7th Victory Loan campaign during WWII sees a special guest on Parliament Hill, screen star Shirley Temple.
With the news that the government will table the budget on Nov. 5, I again ask us to consider what's ON the budget rather than what's IN the budget! :-P
The Canadian Study of Parliament Group is proud to partner with the CCIL on The Role of Parliamentarians in International Law! 🇨🇦⚖️ 🌏
Join MPs Michael Chong and Yasir Naqvi, and legal experts Oct 28 at the Metcalfe Hotel, Ottawa. #CCIL2026 @CSPG_GCEP
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On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - October 20, 1986: The Speaker - somewhat extraordinarily - interjects into a member's statement that he fears may cause offence.
Fancy drafting non-government legislation for the Scottish Parliament? You can! 🏴
Details: scottishlegal.com/jobs/panel…
Happy anniversary to those who celebrate the day on which we were supposed to have the first fixed-date federal election
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - October 19, 1983: The House expels Svend Robinson for the day by a vote of 161-23 after he refuses to withdraw his suggestion that the Speaker was perhaps “taking her marching orders from the government”
Parliamentary nerd book hour was a lot of fun! Thanks to the @CSPG_GCEP for letting me chat with @EricaRayment @FSnagovsky and Valérie Lapointe about their wonderful books :-)
