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| Justin Trudeau accused of 'manhandling' Conservative MP | Justin Trudeau accused of 'manhandling' Conservative MP |
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| Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau has been accused of "manhandling" a Conservative MP as the House of Commons debated an assisted-dying bill. | Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau has been accused of "manhandling" a Conservative MP as the House of Commons debated an assisted-dying bill. |
| Video shows Mr Trudeau walking into a crowd and taking Opposition Whip Gord Brown by his arm in an apparent attempt to steer him to his seat. | Video shows Mr Trudeau walking into a crowd and taking Opposition Whip Gord Brown by his arm in an apparent attempt to steer him to his seat. |
| New Democratic Party MP Ruth-Ellen Brosseau said she was "elbowed in the chest" in the ensuing scuffle. | New Democratic Party MP Ruth-Ellen Brosseau said she was "elbowed in the chest" in the ensuing scuffle. |
| Mr Trudeau later apologised to Ms Brosseau of Quebec "unreservedly". | Mr Trudeau later apologised to Ms Brosseau of Quebec "unreservedly". |
| Mr Trudeau also had a heated verbal exchange with New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair. | |
| "I have never seen a display of bully behaviour by a Canadian politician let alone a prime minister as I witnessed just now in the Chamber," said David Sweet, a Conservative MP from Ontario. | "I have never seen a display of bully behaviour by a Canadian politician let alone a prime minister as I witnessed just now in the Chamber," said David Sweet, a Conservative MP from Ontario. |
| Mr Trudeau later said that Mr Brown had been talking too slowly ahead of a vote. | |
| Several lawmakers were concerned about the breakdown in civility in the House of Commons. | |
| "We don't want to become a House of Commons from some country you watch on CNN," said Elizabeth May, a Green Party MP from British Columbia. |