Charlie Feldman
@parlcharlie.bsky.social
Fan of legislatures and legislation! Past President, Canadian Study of Parliament Group. Co-Chair, CIAJ Legislative Drafting Section. All views personal and most likely uninformed :)
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history – 10 February 1981: How to correct unparliamentary language... sort of.
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 AM
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history – 10 February 1981: How to correct unparliamentary language... sort of.
Being Canada down: MP Edition
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Being Canada down: MP Edition
With the Super Bowl and the Olympics... surely you want to read about parliamentarians playing sports, right?
Autumn’s Canadian Parliamentary Review is now on CanLII -- come for the MP lawn bowling league, stay for the fencing Senate Speaker!
Online: www.canlii.org/w/canlii/202...
Autumn’s Canadian Parliamentary Review is now on CanLII -- come for the MP lawn bowling league, stay for the fencing Senate Speaker!
Online: www.canlii.org/w/canlii/202...
www.canlii.org
February 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
With the Super Bowl and the Olympics... surely you want to read about parliamentarians playing sports, right?
Autumn’s Canadian Parliamentary Review is now on CanLII -- come for the MP lawn bowling league, stay for the fencing Senate Speaker!
Online: www.canlii.org/w/canlii/202...
Autumn’s Canadian Parliamentary Review is now on CanLII -- come for the MP lawn bowling league, stay for the fencing Senate Speaker!
Online: www.canlii.org/w/canlii/202...
Today's Canadian parliamentary history - 9 February 1916: Senator Dandurand corrects a press report that the Senate did not meet in the afternoon due to there being only one mace for both Houses of Parliament in the aftermath of the great fire. Rather, senators were not summoned.
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Today's Canadian parliamentary history - 9 February 1916: Senator Dandurand corrects a press report that the Senate did not meet in the afternoon due to there being only one mace for both Houses of Parliament in the aftermath of the great fire. Rather, senators were not summoned.
Wish I could be a fly on the wall at the Language Commissioner’s office tomorrow. I'm sure some staff there spent all weekend bending over backwards to get a tight grip on that social media campaign before it finished prematurely.
February 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Wish I could be a fly on the wall at the Language Commissioner’s office tomorrow. I'm sure some staff there spent all weekend bending over backwards to get a tight grip on that social media campaign before it finished prematurely.
Today's Hansard reading spot -- the Hungarian Parliament!
Bonus: The free-to-visit parliamentary museum's current exhibition is "1000 years of legislation" 😍
Bonus: The free-to-visit parliamentary museum's current exhibition is "1000 years of legislation" 😍
February 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Today's Hansard reading spot -- the Hungarian Parliament!
Bonus: The free-to-visit parliamentary museum's current exhibition is "1000 years of legislation" 😍
Bonus: The free-to-visit parliamentary museum's current exhibition is "1000 years of legislation" 😍
An editor's note in the February 8, 1978 Hansard records the ovation MP Claude Wagner received upon his return to the House after being away sick for some five months. Appointed to the Senate later in 1978, he passed in 1979. His son is the current Chief Justice, Richard Wagner.
February 8, 2026 at 12:13 PM
An editor's note in the February 8, 1978 Hansard records the ovation MP Claude Wagner received upon his return to the House after being away sick for some five months. Appointed to the Senate later in 1978, he passed in 1979. His son is the current Chief Justice, Richard Wagner.
Appreciate when overseas colleagues send interesting nerd nuggets my way — a case from 🇦🇺: if the statute says X but the minister wrote privately to a parliamentarian to say it would operate in Y way, should those private communications be considered? www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/08...
Public Meaning and Private Communications: A Sidebar to Ravbar — Australian Public Law
Julian R Murphy The High Court’s decision in Ravbar v Commonwealth [2025] HCA 25 raises a number very large questions, including as to proportionality testing in different fields of constitutiona...
www.auspublaw.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Appreciate when overseas colleagues send interesting nerd nuggets my way — a case from 🇦🇺: if the statute says X but the minister wrote privately to a parliamentarian to say it would operate in Y way, should those private communications be considered? www.auspublaw.org/blog/2025/08...
Say what you want about the current Olympic logos et al, few things will beat this banger of a design found in Canada's STILL ON THE BOOKS Olympic (1976) Act (S.C. 1973-74, c. 31)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/O-9...
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/O-9...
February 7, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Say what you want about the current Olympic logos et al, few things will beat this banger of a design found in Canada's STILL ON THE BOOKS Olympic (1976) Act (S.C. 1973-74, c. 31)
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/O-9...
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/O-9...
If I follow correctly, the real issue here is that the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages posted this in connection with Valentine's Day when it should have been posted in June for Pride... :p
February 7, 2026 at 2:28 PM
If I follow correctly, the real issue here is that the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages posted this in connection with Valentine's Day when it should have been posted in June for Pride... :p
On this date in Canadian parliamentary history - February 7, 1994: The House debates and adopts a slew of Standing Order changes that include new rules about referral of bills to committees before second reading, committees bringing in bills, report stage amendments and more
February 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
On this date in Canadian parliamentary history - February 7, 1994: The House debates and adopts a slew of Standing Order changes that include new rules about referral of bills to committees before second reading, committees bringing in bills, report stage amendments and more
Checking in with the parliamentary mug collectors -- @danielgover.bsky.social @estrangeirada.bsky.social et al. This is the option here in Budapest. Let me know :p
No 🇭🇺 parliament Christmas jumper, Dan.
The rest of you - expect many parliament pics tomorrow :)
No 🇭🇺 parliament Christmas jumper, Dan.
The rest of you - expect many parliament pics tomorrow :)
February 7, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Checking in with the parliamentary mug collectors -- @danielgover.bsky.social @estrangeirada.bsky.social et al. This is the option here in Budapest. Let me know :p
No 🇭🇺 parliament Christmas jumper, Dan.
The rest of you - expect many parliament pics tomorrow :)
No 🇭🇺 parliament Christmas jumper, Dan.
The rest of you - expect many parliament pics tomorrow :)
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 6, 1901 - a new Speaker is named. Louis-Philippe Brodeur would go on from there to a rather uncommon post-Commons spot (especially these days): Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
February 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 6, 1901 - a new Speaker is named. Louis-Philippe Brodeur would go on from there to a rather uncommon post-Commons spot (especially these days): Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Canada Gazette cover for this day in history - February 6, 1952 - reports the news of His Majesty's passing. Inside, a Proclamation regarding the new Queen "Supreme Liege Lady in and over Canada" 👑
February 6, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The Canada Gazette cover for this day in history - February 6, 1952 - reports the news of His Majesty's passing. Inside, a Proclamation regarding the new Queen "Supreme Liege Lady in and over Canada" 👑
Is the SuperBowl like the budget speech?
Senate Hansard, 1988
Senate Hansard, 1988
February 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Is the SuperBowl like the budget speech?
Senate Hansard, 1988
Senate Hansard, 1988
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history – February 5, 1925: Arthur Beauchesne becomes Clerk of the House, the first French-Canadian to hold the post. He published procedural references including the still-cited Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada.
February 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history – February 5, 1925: Arthur Beauchesne becomes Clerk of the House, the first French-Canadian to hold the post. He published procedural references including the still-cited Rules and Forms of the House of Commons of Canada.
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 4, 1963: Minister Harkness explains his resignation from cabinet to the House over the nuclear question, leading to a wider rift in the Diefenbaker government and its eventual collapse.
February 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 4, 1963: Minister Harkness explains his resignation from cabinet to the House over the nuclear question, leading to a wider rift in the Diefenbaker government and its eventual collapse.
A book about non-government legislation called Maslow's Hierarchy of PMBs
An area-by-area ranking of West Yorkshire house prices called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Leeds
A real-estate company called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Deeds
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 AM
A book about non-government legislation called Maslow's Hierarchy of PMBs
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On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 3, 1916: The great fire breaks out, gutting parliament. Hansard record of the moment below.
Additional image: Library and Archives Canada / C-010170
Additional image: Library and Archives Canada / C-010170
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 3, 1916: The great fire breaks out, gutting parliament. Hansard record of the moment below.
Additional image: Library and Archives Canada / C-010170
Additional image: Library and Archives Canada / C-010170
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 3, 1916: The great fire breaks out, gutting parliament. Hansard record of the moment below.
Additional image: Library and Archives Canada / C-010170
Additional image: Library and Archives Canada / C-010170
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 3, 1916: The great fire breaks out, gutting parliament. Hansard record of the moment below.
Additional image: Library and Archives Canada / C-010170
Additional image: Library and Archives Canada / C-010170
For the nerds who celebrate, happy 30th royal assent anniversary to this banger that's still on the books and often forgotten :p
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/C-36.7.pdf
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/C-36.7.pdf
![SC 1996, c 1
An Act respecting constitutional amendments
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February 2, 2026 at 9:11 PM
For the nerds who celebrate, happy 30th royal assent anniversary to this banger that's still on the books and often forgotten :p
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/C-36.7.pdf
laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/PDF/C-36.7.pdf
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 2, 1984: A senator reflects on the Upper House, offering some... quotable quotes...
February 2, 2026 at 10:34 AM
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 2, 1984: A senator reflects on the Upper House, offering some... quotable quotes...
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 1, 1982: A Hansard diss?
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
On this day in Canadian parliamentary history - February 1, 1982: A Hansard diss?
Visited the 🇫🇷 train museum and learned about when the President of France fell out of a train window in just his pyjamas! He tried introducing himself as President to a worker who reportedly replied 'And I'm Napoleon'. There's even a song about the incident... The more you know!
February 1, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Visited the 🇫🇷 train museum and learned about when the President of France fell out of a train window in just his pyjamas! He tried introducing himself as President to a worker who reportedly replied 'And I'm Napoleon'. There's even a song about the incident... The more you know!
10/10 Hansard reading spot today - Je suis à Colmar 🇫🇷
February 1, 2026 at 9:01 AM
10/10 Hansard reading spot today - Je suis à Colmar 🇫🇷