Conservatives are accusing Liberal MP Shafqat Ali of being in “contempt of the House” in response to an incident that took place on May 6 when the Liberal MP was caught participating in House proceedings from a bathroom stall.
On May 9, John Brassard, House Leader for the Conservatives, rose on a question of privilege to point out the “occurrence of misconduct.”
“The member of Parliament was literally using the washroom while participating in a sitting of the House of Commons, the cathedral of Canadian democracy. I cannot believe I actually just said those words,” Brassard said.
“Frankly, we have now had two years of Zoom meetings in a hybrid Parliament. Surely to God we have figured out when and where to turn our cameras on and off. It is the Liberal Party, the party that keeps shoving hybrid procedures down our throats, that cannot seem to get its act together.”
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