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Conservative member of Parliament Candice Bergen rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 26, 202. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick May 04, 2021 - 11:29 AM
OTTAWA - Conservative deputy leader Candice Bergen says comments from the NDP around its decision not to support a call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire his chief of staff over the handling of a complaint against general Jonathan Vance are patronizing and sexist.
The House of Commons is debating a Conservative motion calling on Trudeau to fire Katie Telford after recent testimony from a former adviser suggesting she knew of an allegation against the retired top soldier.
He appeared to be upset that someone had directed Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan to respond to a question about the cancellation of a defence committee meeting earlier in the day, rather than the committee s chair, Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon.
Rodriguez, who was participating virtually in the proceedings, had not muted himself so his salty language was heard by everyone tuned into question period. Oh f -, did you send that to Sajjan? he could be heard saying.
Commons Speaker Anthony Rota said the House deserved an apology by whomever uttered the remark; Rodriguez immediately owned up to being the source of the unacceptable language and apologized.
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“Oh f , did you send that to Sajjan?”
That was Liberal House leader Pablo Rodriguez, caught on a hot mic during a Zoom question period Monday afternoon. Rodriguez was reacting to a decision to have Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan answer a question about the cancellation of a defence committee meeting earlier in the day rather than the committee’s chair, Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon, who was apparently responsible for cancelling the meeting.
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