OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office says Trudeau supports a House of Commons motion that apologized to Vice-Admiral Mark Norman for his legal ordeal, despite the fact Trudeau himself wasn’t there when the motion was adopted. Conservatives, however, are still on the hunt for a Prime Ministerial apology to Norman, pointing out Trudeau left the Commons chamber shortly before the motion took place. “Yes, the PM specifically supports the motion,” said a statement on Wednesday from spokesperson Matt Pascuzzo. Yet the fact Trudeau was absent when this took place, despite having been there just minutes earlier for question period, gave political fodder to the Conservatives. In Wednesday’s question period, Raitt had to phrase her line of attack carefully, as convention in the Commons dictates MPs don’t remark on the absences of other members.

Source: National Post May 15, 2019 23:12 UTC