Justin Trudeau, the proud feminist prime minister who touted his historic gender-balanced cabinet, is now in hot water for elbowing a woman in the House of Commons.
"I am ashamed to be a witness to the person who holds the highest
position in our country do such an act," said NDP MP Nikki Ashton. "I want to say that for all of us
who witnessed this, this was deeply traumatic, what I will say, if we
apply a gendered lens, it is very important that young women in this
space feel safe to come here and work here."
The prime minister has repeatedly apologised for accidentally bumping a lady while "manhandling" a man.
"I want to take the opportunity... to be able to express directly to
[Brosseau] my apologies for my behaviour and my actions, unreservedly.
The fact is in this situation, where I saw... I noticed that the whip
opposite was being impeded in his progress, I took it upon myself to go
and assist him forward, which I can now see was unadvisable as a course
of actions that resulted in physical contact in this House that we can
all accept was unacceptable," because it's 2016.
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