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Tensions boiled over in the House of Commons Wednesday during the lead-up to a vote to restrict debate on physician-assisted dying,

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was accused of charging across the floor, elbowing an NDP MP, “manhandling the chief opposition whip Gordon Brown and exchanging angry words with NDP leader Tom Mulcair.

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Though Trudeau quickly apologized, opposition MPs were not as swift to forgive and forget.

“It was just so clear that he lost his temper,” said Andrew Scheer, the Conservative House leader who was sitting across the aisle from the PM.

“Normally the whips wait a few seconds for members to sit down and collect themselves. And in the 15 seconds it may have taken for members to clear the aisle, he just popped up and ran over.”

His NPD equivalent, Peter Julian said he was “stunned” by what had transpired, and that he had never seen such an action in his career as an MP. He was also critical of what he said was the PM’s lack of remorse.