Three-month-old Ulysses joins Bloc MP parents in Commons, sounds unimpressed
OTTAWA — Whining and crying might not be anything new on Parliament Hill, but it took on a new context today during question period.
The high-pitched voice that briefly echoed through the House of Commons belonged not to a sitting member, but three-month-old Ulysses, perched on the knee of his father, Bloc Quebecois MPs Xavier Barsalou-Duval.
Barsalou-Duval is married to Bloc colleague Marilene Gill, the first-ever pair of sitting MPs to become parents.
The infant’s plaintive voice could be heard clearly as the end of question period drew near.