Mark Wasyliw comments on tense Wab Kinew Obby Khan handshake [Video]

An MLA recently kicked out of the NDP caucus says he is setting the record straight about a controversial handshake between PC MLA Obby Khan and Premier Wab Kinew.

“Muscles in Wab’s face were tense, he did look agitated,” said Fort Garry MLA Mark Wasyliw.

During an April 2023 handshake between Khan and then opposition leader Wab Kinew at an event at the Manitoba legislature, Khan alleged Kinew shoved him. Knew claimed it was a tense verbal exchange.

Now ousted backbencher Mark Wasyliw said he was a witness to the incident.

“I could see Wab not allow him to break his grasp and he held him there and pinned him and kept him there until he was finished saying what he was saying,” said Wasyliw.

Wasyliw, a criminal defence lawyer, believes the actions meet the legal definition of assault.

“Obby Khan wanted to release the grip and Wab wouldn’t allow …