NDP MP Godin claims his privileges breached after RCMP officer stopped him last month on the Hill

But RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said NDP MP Yvon Godin was delayed for no more than 70 seconds and that the RCMP officer escorted Mr. Godin through the entrance once the motorcade had passed.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Allegations from NDP MP Yvon Godin that an RCMP officer was rude to him when he prevented him from passing through a Parliament Hill road entrance last month, as a motorcade for the German head of state arrived, triggered NDP warnings of a “police state” Tuesday...

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