Who knew you could experience separation anxiety with a building? We tour Centre Block one last time before it closes for at least a decade for renovations and learn some of its wild stories.
Detailed show notes:
(3:54) Joe Clark shares his first Centre Block memory
(6:53) Folklore of Pierre Trudeau’s statuette-breaking stunt
(13:15) Revealed: the secret Ottawa Senators carving in the Senate
(17:02) 1966 bombing inside the building
(23:38) Duffy’s recollection of that time Pierre Trudeau got into a shoving match with a reporter
(25:34) “The most beautiful room in Canada”
(27:26) That time an MP was caught butt naked in the halls
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