The skating sex scandal that led to a statue of Galahad being put up on Parliament Hill~how the Americans spied on the prime minister~see the best set of mosaics in Canada~see the statue that was resurrected from its burial site in a parking lot~Canada’s monument to political patronage~how a military badge symbolized divorce~the oldest ‘temporary’ building in Ottawa ~the three-day riot that was the precursor to democratic government~when, and how,  the habit of going to Hull for a good time started

Oh yes-

And all the usual stuff about buildings going up and down up, the first Ukrainian to clean up Parliament, the first Ukrainian in the Commons, the Senate, the Supreme Court, Cabinet, (fill in the blank), telling good architecture from bad, why Victoria’s lion was castrated, who really ran business in Ottawa, assassinations, the Ukrainian who fashioned the statue of Diefenbaker, and Scots everywhere!

The tour will end at a local drinking establishment, where all will be encouraged to ply the guide with  well-earned libations