NewsAlert: Justin Trudeau to address House of Commons over dust-up

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Trudeau apologized for his conduct following an incident in the House Wednesday when he pulled Conservative whip Gord Brown through a clutch of New Democrat MPs to hurry up a vote related to doctor-assisted dying. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address the House of Commons this morning after Wednesday’s dust-up in the parliamentary chamber.

The Prime Minister’s Office says Trudeau is scheduled to speak at 10:40 a.m.

Trudeau touched off a firestorm Wednesday in the House when he pulled Conservative whip Gord Brown through a clutch of New Democrat MPs to hurry up a vote related to doctor-assisted dying.

NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau said Trudeau elbowed her in the chest and that she was forced to leave the House of Commons and miss the vote as a result.

Trudeau apologized Wednesday, calling the encounter an accident.

Speaker Geoff Regan concluded there was a prima facie case that Brosseau’s privileges as an MP had been breached, which means the encounter will be examined by an all-party committee.

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