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After The Elbow: Ruth Ellen Brosseau Target Of Personal Attacks Since Commons Encounter

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 May, 2016 12:18 PM
    OTTAWA — Quebec NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau says she has become the target of personal attacks from members of the public since she was elbowed in the House of Commons by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
     
    Brosseau, who admits to still being personally shaken by the incident, says her office has received a number phone calls, many of them suggesting she is "crying wolf."
     
    The Quebec member of Parliament says the prime minister had no right to behave the way he did, describing how he swore at MPs and pushed his way through a group of opposition members.
     
    She says she accepts Trudeau's apology, but adds that he has not contacted her directly.
     
    Brosseau also says the scrutiny she has received since Wednesday's encounter has been worse than in 2011, when as a rookie candidate she was ridiculed publicly for travelling to Las Vegas during the election campaign.
     
    She says she's tried to focus on her work since becoming an MP and hopes that speaking out about the incident will make the story go away.

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