Singh booted from Chamber during estimates debate after racism spat with Bloc

The dispute cut into the four hours of debate that was allotted for the estimates review. The process for the debate was itself not without controversy, given its departure from routine practice.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured on May 13 in West Block, was kicked out of the House of Commons on Wednesday after he refused to apologize for calling a member of Bloc Québécois a racist after they voted against his motion to address systemic racism in the RCMP.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 17, 2020

Debate on the latest supplementary estimates, which were later adopted "on division," hit a momentary snag after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh accused a Bloc Québécois MP of being “racist” over his refusal to support a motion recognizing systemic racism in the RCMP.&...

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