Chain reaction: Canadian MP complains about minister’s video bike backdrop

Conservative Ed Fast was mocked after accusing Steven Guilbeault of making ‘statement about his environmental cred’

A conservative Canadian MP has accused the country’s environment minister of breaching parliamentary protocol after his bicycle appeared on screen during a hybrid session of parliament.

Conservative MP Ed Fast said minister Steven Guilbeault’s purple bicycle, hung on the wall behind him, was a blatant attempt to “make a statement about his environmental cred”.

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