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Sen. Patrick Brazeau collapsed successful the Senate enclosure Wednesday evening during a statement connected the government’s large task bill.
Paramedics accidental they attended to a ‘non-life-threatening’ incident
Darren Major · CBC News
· Posted: Jun 25, 2025 5:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago
Sen. Patrick Brazeau collapsed successful the Senate enclosure precocious Wednesday day during a statement connected the government's large projects bill.
Brazeau had posed a question to Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos. When helium stood to inquire a 2nd question, Brazeau could beryllium heard implicit the microphone profoundly exhaling earlier saying, "Oh shit," and falling over.
Senators and unit could beryllium seen rapidly lasting up oregon rushing implicit to Brazeau's spot arsenic the proceedings were suspended.
A connection from a Senate spokesperson said Brazeau was receiving aesculapian attraction and that "he appears to beryllium recovering."
Ottawa paramedics were called and Brazeau was taken distant successful an ambulance. Paramedics told CBC News that they responded to a "non-life-threatening" incidental connected Rideau Street — which is wherever the Senate gathering is located.
A legislator told CBC News that Brazeau was conscious erstwhile paramedics helped him retired of the building.
Proceedings resumed astir fractional an hr later. Senate Speaker Raymonde Gagné thanked information and exigency unit for their speedy enactment earlier statement continued.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Darren Major is simply a elder writer for CBC's Parliamentary Bureau. He tin beryllium reached via email astatine darren.major@cbc.ca.
With files from Ben Andrews, Raffy Boudjikanian and David Thurton
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