A video circulating on Reddit appears to show a person approaching Member of Parliament Marco Mendicino and spiting on him.
Moments before the person leans forward, Mendicino reaches his hand out to him. The video then shows a slow motion of the man allegedly spitting on the MP.
“Oh geez,” Mendicino said in the video. “That doesn’t seem very nice.”
Mendocino’s office confirms the incident took place on Wednesday, and a statement from Mendocino reads “As the matter is under ongoing investigation, I will not be commenting at this time.”
His office is referring further questions to the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS), which polices Parliament Hill and federal buildings in the Parliamentary precinct. CityNews has reached out for comment.
The video then cuts to a PPS officer approaching the man saying “Why are you spitting on our MPs?”
“I didn’t mean to…I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to,” the man says in the video.
The PPS officer asks the man to apologize to Mendicino, which he does and briefly shakes his hand before walking away.
Ottawa Police told CityNews they did not receive any calls to Sparks Street this week related to such an incident, and that they are not the police of jurisdiction in such a matter.
