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==In popular culture== There was, in 1971β72, a short-lived satirical magazine called ''Fuddle Duddle: The Hansard of the Common People'', which aspired to be the Canadian equivalent of ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' magazine. However, it lasted only five issues before publication ceased.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/lac-bac/guardians_north-ef/2009/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/superheroes/t3-230-e.html | title=Guardians of the North - You've Got to Be Kidding | publisher=Government of Canada | date=2008-02-19 | access-date=2024-02-16 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Brian |date=2019-02-11 |title=The Comic Aftermath From When The Prime Minister Said "Fuddle Duddle" |url=https://www.comicbookdaily.com/columns/forgotten-silver/the-comic-aftermath-from-when-the-prime-minister-said-fuddle-duddle/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Comic Book Daily}}</ref> At least two songs related to the incident were released as record singles, and made the lower reaches of the Canadian charts. "Fuddle Duddle" by Antique Fair was written by [[Greg Hambleton]] and released on the Tuesday label through [[Quality Records]] (catalogue GH107X), reaching #68 on RPM's national chart. "Do the Fuddle Duddle" was written by Gary Alles, performed by The House of Commons and released on [[GRT Records]] (catalogue 1233β04). It peaked at #82 on the RPM chart.<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Industry cashes in on Trudeau mime act | magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] | date=1971-03-06 | page=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/A/Antique_Fair.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709070853/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/A/Antique_Fair.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=2012-07-09 | title=Antique Fair | publisher=[[Jam!]]/Canoe | encyclopedia=The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia | access-date=2009-12-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/H/House_Of_Commons.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709044651/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/H/House_Of_Commons.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=July 9, 2012 | title=House of Commons | publisher=[[Jam!]]/Canoe | encyclopedia=The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia | access-date=2009-12-30 }}</ref> Members of the ad hoc group "The House of Commons" later helped form the successful Canadian chart group [[Dr. Music]]. The [[Rolf Harris]] song "Vancouver Town '71" (#68 in Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5360.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - July 24, 1971}}</ref>) also mentions how Alaskan oil could "leave our coast all fuddle-duddled up". [[Mont Tremblant Resort]] has a ski run named Fuddle Duddle. Trudeau had been a regular visitor to the resort in the past.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19810313&id=mDkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vaQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1541,988378 | title=Laurentian Hills Echos Quebec Skiing History | work=The Montreal Gazette | date=March 13, 1981 | access-date=February 7, 2012 | author=Thibaudeau, Guy | pages=27}}</ref> ===Justin Trudeau=== A similar incident took place on December 14, 2011, when Trudeau's son [[Justin Trudeau|Justin]], MP for [[Papineau (electoral district)|Papineau]], during [[Question Period]] in the House of Commons, shouted out the words "[[piece of shit]]" when [[Peter Kent]], the Conservative Environment Minister, criticized NDP environment critic [[Megan Leslie]] for not attending the [[2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference|Durban Conference]] on [[climate change]], despite the government banning all opposition MPs from joining Canada's delegation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ivison |first1=John |title=Justin Trudeau's 'shiddle-diddle' moment with Peter Kent ignites final QP of 2011 |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/12/14/john-ivison-justin-trudeaus-shiddle-diddle-moment-reminds-us-why-question-period-is-worth-watching/ |access-date=5 March 2015 |work=Full Comment |agency=National Post |publisher=PostMedia Network Inc.|date=December 14, 2011}}</ref> Later on, when Justin Trudeau was prime minister, another incident occurred on May 4, 2022, when Conservative MP [[John Brassard]] accused Trudeau of "unparliamentary language" and "[[Fuck#F-bomb|dropping an F-bomb]]" during a heated debate in Question Period. Upon leaving the chamber, Trudeau was asked by reporters to comment on the allegations; in an apparent reference to his father's response to the Fuddle Duddle controversy, he said, "what is the nature of your thoughts, gentlemen, when you say β when you move your lips in a particular way?"<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2022 |title=Trudeau quotes his father after Conservative MP alleges he 'dropped an F'bomb' in Parliament |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trudeau-quotes-father-conservative-mp-211550536.html?guccounter=1 |access-date=4 May 2022 |website=Yahoo News Canada|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607220513/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trudeau-quotes-father-conservative-mp-211550536.html|archive-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> Reporting the results of the [[2015 Canadian federal election]], the ''[[Toronto Sun]]'' newspaper front cover headline was "Fuddle Duddle" in response to the Justin Trudeau Liberal majority outcome.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://twitter.com/TheTorontoSun/status/656430436327931904 | work=The Toronto Sun | date=October 20, 2015 | access-date=October 20, 2015 | title=Toronto Sun front page for October 20, 2015}}</ref>
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