‘I’m right here, bro’: Singh, Poilievre have tense exchange during question period [Video]

Tensions flared between NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre during a raucous Thursday question period, with Singh at one point walking into the aisle to yell at the Conservative leader.

Poilievre used his first round of questions to criticize the Bloc Québécois and NDP after both parties announced they wouldn’t support a non-confidence motion that would topple the Liberal government.

During his fifth question, Poilievre accused Singh of backing out of the governing agreement the NDP previously held with the Liberals in an effort to hold a seat in a Winnipeg byelection earlier this week.

“Once the votes were counted, he betrayed them,” Poilievre said, accusing the NDP leader of propping up the Liberals in order to secure his MP pension.

“He is a fake, a phony and a fraud. How can anyone ever believe what this sell-out NDP leader says in the future?”

Singh stood up as Poilievre was asking his question and began yelling at the …