Charlie Feldman
@parlcharlie
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 :)
So many good songs about legislation to sing at a drafting conference! *grabs mic* TO DEEM THE IMPOSSIBLE DEEM… to draft the undraftable bill, to craft with such detailed precision, a Part that provides the schemeeee 🎤 (Voice begins cracking. Fruit is thrown. Scene.)
Colleague from the Scotland office: You’re signing these before you leave! ❤️❤️ feeling the love here in Singapore!
I mean… if we’re going there… what about a full PET 1975 magazine spread?
#CALC26 begins! Excited to see so many legislative drafter colleagues from across the globe! It’s one of the few places you can make a niche statutory interpretation joke and deem the laugher to have occurred :p
RIP Parliament of Malaysia mug I only got yesterday 😭😭😭 Sad you won’t get to meet the other parliamentary mugs on my shelf — they were going to be your new best friends lol
Had a magical time visiting Malaysia’s Parliament! And yes, that’s a picture of parliamentary luggage at the gift store :) A huge thanks to my colleague Mas Liza from the CPA Parliamentarian Editorial Board for a fantastic tour and interesting histories :) 🇲🇾
Haven’t posted my Hansard reading spot in a while. Greetings from Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾
Have arrived in Singapore! I very much like that next to the conference venue is a sign that I’m sure all the legislative drafters will appreciate
I hear that the World Cup is great, but have you ever tried to read old parliamentary materials on intermittent train wifi? This is living.
hard to put a lid on all the good Count Binface headlines but many of them are rubbish compared with this Canadian electoral classic
Sad that Canada doesn’t have a Count Binface figure…. At least we have John Turmel?
Canadian political science nerd bat signal - new Senate appointment process just dropped!
Why did Canadian federal legislators leave blanks in bills once upon a time? If you're coming to the CALC conference next week in Singapore, my presentation will help ... fill in the blanks (sorry not sorry) Hope to see you there!
Are you a legislative drafter looking for a change -- of the rather dramatic remote island variety? St. Helena is looking for you!
Love this photo in The Hill Times but I think they can drop “self-described” from the caption without any objection :p Article: www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/04/w... Podcast: www.hilltimes.com/podcast/booz... Thanks to @hilltimes.com for inviting me to talk about all things “Unparliamentary” 📚
Feels like the right occasion to repost the Taylor Swift parliamentary friendship bracelets my friend made
Unparliamentary… is going to a second print!! This time there should be fewer typos 🫣 But hey! All the more reason to get a copy now - see how many you can spot before they’re gone :p 🕵️♂️
Ottawa baseball has parliament-inspired apparel! You have to start the kids loving Hansard and hot dogs early! :p
Have been informed that the UK version of the book doesn’t have a dust jacket and the cover is just printed on. Fascinating. Is there no dust in the UK? :p
Thinking about that time when students as a prank removed the canon that fired Parliament Hill's noon day gun. It reportedly weighed over 2700 kg.
Queen Elizabeth II cutting a cake for Canada 100 on Parliament Hill ft. 700 pounds of icing sugar 😋 July 1, 1967 Happy Canada Day / Bonne fête du Canada!
Just did an interview on Calgary radio about the book! I have to imagine that the next stop is the Stampede main stage with my powerpoint slides of newspaper clippings... like this one about MPs looking at Playboy in the House and one reason the Library of Parliament had it...
wait, so "farting" was struck from an early day motion in the Lords when the reference was to Doctor Who and "the episode with farting aliens in Downing Street" ... the more you know.