Less than a week after Tories attacked NDP Leader Tom Mulcair for failing to stop for the RCMP on Parliament Hill, Conservative MP Eve Adams was caught and fined by security for talking on her cellphone as she drove through a checkpoint.
After the first reports of a $155 distracted driving ticket surfaced in the media, Adams admitted to the incident on Twitter, although she did not explicitly confirm that she was fined for talking on her mobile device.
"I recently received a traffic ticket outside the main precinct for not coming to a complete stop," she wrote.
"Unlike Mr. Thomas Mulcair, I immediately stopped. Unlike Mr. Mulcair, I did not intimidate the officer. Unlike Mr. Mulcair, I received a ticket. I immediately paid the ticket," she tweeted, while not confirming the dollar amount of the fine.
"At no time did I identify myself as a Member of Parliament and since I do not wear an MP pin, I could not have pointed to a pin," she wrote.
Mulcair apologized late last week for what he characterized as a "misunderstanding" after he drove through first a security checkpoint and then several stop signs, all without stopping, despite being followed by a RCMP vehicle with its lights on.
Reports said Mulcair, who was driving the car, proceeded to his parking spot behind Centre Block on Parliament Hill. When he then spoke to the RCMP officer, he asked, "Don't you know who I am?" and suggested the officer would be in trouble for following him.
The NDP leader's office said the conversation was "respectful" and noted that no warnings or citations were issued.
Nevertheless, Conservatives made hay out of the reports in last Thursday's question period.
"If the NDP believe in accountability and responsibility their leader should show up in the House and explain himself and why he broke the law today," said Heritage Minister James Moore.
The hammering continued on Mulcair Tuesday.
"The NDP leader's true colours were on display last week. In a stunning display of elitism, he demanded special treatment from law enforcement," Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said.
It's not the first controversy to surface for Adams as the House rises for summer recess.
Missing records in her Elections Canada files following revelations that she claimed a range of personal expenses – from steak dinners to dry cleaning to a single cupcake – in her 2011 campaign filings have drawn attention to her spending habits.
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