Eby was delivering remarks in Chilliwack when the wasp interrupted him
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby pauses to pick a wasp out of his shirt while speaking during a campaign stop at a future Teamsters Local 213 Class 1 driver training centre, in Chilliwack , B.C., on Sept. 26.British Columbia NDP leader David Eby was upstaged by a wasp that flew down his shirt and stung him during a news conference.campaign trail when the insect interrupted him, prompting him to swat at his neck and identify it as a “bug.
But seconds later he was apparently stung, scrunching up his face in a grimace as he told reporters it was a bee that had made its way down his collar.Seconds after swatting at his neck, Eby was apparently stung, at left. The wasp on the ground afterward, at right.The interruption was reminiscent of the moment in 2022 when Ontario Premier Doug Ford accidentally swallowed a bee during a news conference.“The bee is not gonna make it,” he said.
Eby later quipped on social media platform X that “with three hungry kids at home, this bug will not go to waste.” That was a reference to a speech by B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad in May last year in which he expressed concern about a cricket factory in Ontario, saying children should not be expected “to eat bugs.”
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