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In Canada we are often scandalized by behavior of our politicians: they lie, backtrack on promises, and fight dirty against their opponents with snarky remarks, insults and attack ads.

On occasion, they get into heated debates in parliament, shouting, waving their arms calling each other names and other infantile behaviour. We call this outrageous. But, compared to some other parliaments around the world, our elected officials are actually quite tame.

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To prove the point, we offer you a peek into some of the more “heated” debates which left political opponents bruised and battered in a very literal sense.View more photo galleries — Follow NP Photos on Twitter