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Conservative MPs eager to mock Thomas Mulcair after the NDP leader ran several stop signs on Parliament Hill — with the RCMP in pursuit — were rewarded when he failed to make an appearance in question period Thursday.

“I hate when the real NDP leader gets caught in traffic,” Heritage Minister James Moore said Thursday in the House of Commons, as the Tory caucus roared with laughter.

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“Why is it the NDP thinks they’re above the law?”

A CTV report from earlier in the day said Mulcair didn’t stop for the RCMP at a “vehicle screening facility” when he entered the Hill. Instead, he waved to officers and continued to drive.

He ran through four to five stop signs as the RCMP followed in a vehicle with its light on and didn’t stop until he got to his parking space behind Centre Block, CTV reported.

Mulcair allegedly asked an officer: “Don’t you know who I am?'” After looking at the officer’s badge, he then allegedly said: “You’re going to be in a lot of trouble.”