The Montréal Numismatic Society usually meets (by invitation only) on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 1117 Saint-Catherine St. W. (Suite 700). For more information contact President Michael Joffre at 514-289-9761.
On this day in 1971, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau added an unusual phrase to Canada’s political vocabulary: “fuddle duddle.” During a heated exchange in the House of Commons, opposition members accused Trudeau of using unparliamentary language. Trudeau denied it, suggesting instead that what he had said — or mouthed — was “fuddle duddle.” The […]