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Discover facts about the important events and people that have shaped the Parliament of Canada since 1867. In French:

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  1. Sep 13

    1916 – How about them apples? The HoC discusses taxation on the apple industry

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  2. Sep 13

    1905 - The Hon. Mr. Fisher, about cider making: "The Trappist Monks at Oka make an excellent cider […] with as great care and skill as the winemakers in Europe make their wine"

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  3. Sep 12

    To learn more about political parties and leaders, click here -->

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  4. Sep 12

    You like numbers? Consult the party Standings from 1867 to today in the Senate and in the House of Commons

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  5. Sep 11

    Todd, Griffin, Burrell – Parliamentary and Assistant Parliamentary Librarians – find these and more on ’s list of officers and officials of Parliament

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  6. Sep 11

    Tut! Tut! Don’t make us revoke your borrowing privileges – In 1902, a report co-signed by Martin Griffin, one of the parliamentary librarians, notes the practice of loaning books to long distance friends by certain overly generous parliamentarians

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  7. Sep 10

    You prefer quick reading? has a list of key dates for each parliament

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  8. Sep 10

    that the 24th Parliament lasted 1438 days spread over 5 sessions? will tell you more about important dates and names of this Parliament and the others

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  9. Sep 10

    Tweets this week: parliaments, parliamentary librarians, political parties, apples, and L'institut Canadien-Français d'Ottawa

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  10. Sep 7

    An avid fan of Polar explorers even at a young age, Amundsen’s success was a triumph. This map, pulled from his 1908 book “The North West Passage” details the exact route Amundsen and his crew travelled for their voyage through the Northwest Passage

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  11. Sep 7

    Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen documented his arduous journey through the Northwest Passage, the first successful attempt by a European, in this 1908 book “The North West Passage : Being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship Gjöa, 1903 – 1907”

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  12. Sep 6

    1950 - Mr. Fulton reports that he has seen “figures recently in one of the newspapers…indicating that the number of ducks on this continent has gone down to an estimated 47 million when, at one time, I believe there were hundreds of millions”

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  13. Sep 6

    Duck, duck, goose! In 1891, a report from the New Caledonia section of the Hudson’s Bay Company reports that wild fowl begin their seasonal arrival to that area of British Columbia starting in April, with the Canada Goose landing first

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  14. Sep 5

    1957 - "This is for all of us a moment to remember". For the opening of the 1st session of the 23rd Parliament, Her Majesty the Queen gave her speech in front of the members of the Senate and the House of Commons

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  15. Sep 5

    Read them all! that has a list of all the Speeches from the Throne since 1867?

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  16. Sep 4

    1993 - Mr. Angus remembers that when the old Ottawa train station was downtown, urban transit was connected to it, therefore "members of Parliament […] could just walk up to the Hill to their office and so forth"

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  17. Sep 4

    1988 - Senator Turner reminds the that in the , "railway stations were meeting places were residents would have contact with the mailman and could talk to their neighbours"

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  18. Sep 4

    Tweets this week: railway stations, speeches from the Throne, ducks and geese, and Roald Amundsen

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  19. Aug 31

    Memoirs of Libraries, written in 1859, contains a full historical overview of libraries and types of information

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  20. Aug 31

    This 1859 book, “Memoirs of Libraries: including a handbook of library economy” was written by Edward Edwards, librarian and historian, who was very important to the establishment of free libraries in Britain

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