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‘Wild, wacky, and wonderful’: Unparliamentary dives into the Hill’s infamous and untold stories

‘To me, Parliament is a fun place. … I wanted to celebrate the ridiculous, the fun, the quirky, the human side of it,’ says author and federal public servant Charlie Feldman of his new book.

Charlie Feldman, a former Senate and House parliamentary counsel and current Justice Department lawyer, is the author of Unparliamentary: Tales from Canada's Colourful Parliamentary Past.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

July 4, 2026

True tales of parliamentary prisoners, Hill pranksters, unruly protesters, and MPs behaving badly—at times partially nude, drunk, and ready to fight—splash the pages of Charlie Feldman’s new book where he seeks to correct the “complete misunderstanding of how politic...

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