A spokesman for the prime minister's office says Justin Trudeau had 'emotional' conversations with Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, but denies her claims the encounters were 'hostile' or that Trudeau yelled at her.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development Celina Caesar-Chavannes rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 25, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin TangOTTAWA -- A spokesman for the prime minister's office says Justin Trudeau had "emotional" conversations with Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, but denies her claims the encounters were "hostile" or that Trudeau yelled at her.
Caesar-Chavannes also detailed another encounter with Trudeau in the House of Commons a week later in which she describes him as acting hostile toward her. The second encounter happened a week later after a caucus meeting. She approached Trudeau and says she tried to broach the topic of their previous testy conversation, but was met with a hostile "stare down." He came to apologize to her quietly on the floor of the House of Commons later, and she left visibly upset -- an episode witnessed by several MPs in the chamber that day.
"There's no question the conversations in February were emotional, but there was absolutely no hostility," Pascuzzo said. Trudeau said he has faced a tough number of weeks involving members of his team who have experienced "some real differences of perspective and opinion." He also said he hopes these events will not distract or detract from the work his government has been doing.
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