A Bloc Québécois member of Parliament says he was assaulted and pepper-sprayed this week while in Brussels for a NATO parliamentary assembly meeting.
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, who represents the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton, posted on social media that three people jumped him in the street around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday and stole his watch.
Get breaking National news
Savard-Tremblay says he fought back and shouted loudly in hopes of alerting people nearby but the individuals managed to knock him to the ground.
The MP says other people on the street gave him water and he went to the police station to report what happened.
- B.C. man charged, accused of driving motorhome onto Abbotsford airport runway
- Wildfires near Clinton, B.C. merge, stretching nearly 670 square kilometres
- Quebec paramedics reach tentative deal with province after years without contract
- Historic Halifax tree vandalized again leaving community baffled
He says he also notified security at the House of Commons and the embassy in Brussels.
Savard-Tremblay says he was not injured but is warning people to be extremely cautious when travelling abroad.
Since a conservative can be defined as a liberal who’s been mugged, he should be crossing the floor to the CPCs any day now.
More useless travel on our dime, too bad, so sad.
Yawn.
Gee, what a shame.
Not sure why he was there.