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Perhaps it was frayed nerves at the end of a long parliamentary session, but Quebec NDP MP Christine Moore was at the centre of an angry confrontation with other New Democrats in lobby behind the House of Commons curtains on Thursday morning.

Moore, ending her first term as MP for Abitibi–Témiscamingue, was heard yelling loudly and using strong language with NDP House Leader Peter Julian and party whip Sadia Groguhé, according to ear-witnesses nearby.

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In a string of joual expletives, Moore reportedly told her colleagues she had been dealing with an issue for three months and was fed up and finished, instructing them to “mangez” something The Gargoyle will not repeat.

Other NDP MPs intervened to try to calm the situation down.

What, exactly, was at issue in the exchange with her colleagues is unclear. Neither Moore nor Julian would respond to clarify.

On the same day, Moore introduced a private member’s bill to establish October 15 as an annual National Perinatal Bereavement Awareness Day, to acknowledge the effects on parents of losing a child at birth.

Moore is included on the list of 68 NDP MPs who, the Board of Internal Economy says, owe a combined total of $2.7 million for the costs of staffing so-called satellite offices in Quebec. Moore’s share was calculated at $31,793. The NDP is challenging the board’s finding in court but House administrators may begin refusing to reimburse the MPs for travel, per diems or other expenses they claim until the debts are paid off.

In happier news, Moore is in the third trimester of a pregnancy.