By now, you’ve nearly certainly seen the video evidence of what transpired on Parliament Hill on Wednesday: it began with a proposal from Government House Leader Dominic LeBlanc to seize virtually complete, if temporary, control of the Chamber by stripping members of their traditional rights and privileges, and ended in a near-rumble on the House floor after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau crossed the aisle to “manhandle” the Conservative whip into starting a vote, elbowing New Democrat MP Ruth-Ellen Brosseau in the process.
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According to AP, the opposition lawmaker, Ruth Ellen Brosseau, claimed that she had to leave the House of Commons chamber Wednesday.
Trudeau apologized for his conduct following an incident in the House Wednesday when he pulled Conservative whip Gord Brown through a clutch of New Democrat MPs to hurry up a vote related to doctor-assisted dying. – New Democrat Ruth Ellen Brosseau, MP for the Quebec riding of Berthier-Maskinonge.
I was standing in the centre talking to some colleagues.
Expressing gratitude, the historic Khalsa College Governing Council (KCGC) today hailed Canada Prime Minister Justine Trudeau for tendering an unconditional apology over the 1914-incident of Komagata Maru on the floor of the House of Commons. “It was very overwhelming”, she said.
Brosseau said afterwards that Trudeau’s elbow left her feeling so “overwhelmed” that she had to leave the chamber, causing her to miss the subsequent vote.
“I have been in the House now for 12 years and I have never seen what just transpired in the House of Commons”, he said.
Liberal MP Greg Fergus suggested that the opposition was looking to “exaggerate the situation, and make it into something that it wasn’t, and want to make it into something reminiscent of a dive in the 2014 World Cup”.
Trudeau – a former boxer and bar bouncer – later stood up in parliament and said it wasn’t his intention to hurt anyone.
Trudeau reportedly said, “I now see (that was) an unadvisable course of action and resulted in physical contact in this house that we can all accept was unacceptable”.
Not good enough, Julian later complained.
It’s not Trudeau’s first apology, either.
Singh said it was essential that the incident, as well as the anti-immigrant sentiment that fueled the episode, be made a part of our provincial education curricula.
Trudeau was immediately criticized by both opposition parties for the elbowing and other confrontational actions he took during the vote.
NDP House Leader Peter Julian accused Trudeau of “manhandling” Brown, as MPs on all sides of the House shouted and Speaker Geoff Regan struggled to regain order in the House. It was defeated by a margin of 172-137, although Brosseau wasn’t able to register her vote.
He said he thought the man was being impeded as he walked up the aisle of the chamber and wanted to help him.
“He just popped up and ran over”, Scheer said.
‘He was motivated by anger and lost his temper, ‘ Scheer said. “It was very, very unfortunate”.
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Opposition MPs said Trudeau could make amends by withdrawing the government’s motion M-6, which would give them enormous power to control the House agenda and limit the opposition’s ability to slow down debate.
