The mother of a witness who stormed out of a House of Commons committee in tears berated Liberal, NDP and Conservative members for a 91裸聊视频渄isgusting91裸聊视频� partisan display in a letter Friday that she plans to share with MPs.

91裸聊视频淚 taught six- to eight-year-olds for 31 years and I have never seen such self-serving, abusive, poorly behaved people in my life,91裸聊视频� Carolyn Alexander said in the letter.

91裸聊视频淵ou are not children. You are the voted-in leaders that can effect positive change on the lives of all Canadians. Do that!91裸聊视频�

Alexander91裸聊视频檚 daughter Cait, a survivor of domestic violence, gave harrowing testimony at an emergency meeting that was called to discuss violence against women Wednesday in light of several high-profile cases this summer.

The meeting quickly derailed after Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld took issue with the hastily organized summer meeting and moved a motion to debate abortion rights. That led the meeting to dissolve into a fracas of procedural chaos and political bickering that had little to do with violence against women.

Alexander accused Vandenbeld of purposely destroying the meeting and silencing victims.

91裸聊视频淲hy? Because you weren91裸聊视频檛 given enough time to have your own victims testify?91裸聊视频� she wrote.

91裸聊视频淵ou used Cait as a victim to score points for your political gain, to make it look like the Conservatives were using Cait.91裸聊视频�

Alexander91裸聊视频檚 daughter demanded an apology from Vandenbeld, but the MP fell short of that late Wednesday, and instead said she deeply regrets the 91裸聊视频渄istress that this meeting caused the witnesses.91裸聊视频�

In her letter, Alexander also chided the Conservatives, and asked if the purpose of the meeting was a political ploy at the expense of her daughter to show how the Liberals and NDP would react.

She also questioned why her daughter91裸聊视频檚 information was provided to other parties just hours before the meeting, and why they didn91裸聊视频檛 allow more time for planning 91裸聊视频� something the Liberal and NDP members of the committee took great issue with.

The Conservative members of the committee, including Michelle Ferreri and Anna Roberts, have posted dozens of times about the hearing on social media, lambasting the Liberals and NDP members and demanding apologies.

Party spokesman Sebastian Skamski said Conservative MPs proposed and conducted the meeting in good faith, as did the witnesses.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 unfortunate that the Liberal-NDP coalition members worked to derail the meeting rather than defend the disastrous criminal justice policies they support,91裸聊视频� Skamski said in a statement.

91裸聊视频淐onservatives will continue efforts to hold more committee meetings in line with an expanded motion we proposed that will allow for further study and witness testimony on this critical matter, and hope that Liberal-NDP members will treat this issue with the seriousness it warrants.91裸聊视频�

Alexander also directed her ire at NDP MP Leah Gazan, accusing her of scheming with the Liberals to 91裸聊视频渟abotage91裸聊视频� the meeting.

Gazan had said Wednesday she was not able to put forward witnesses of her own at the meeting, despite living in 91裸聊视频済round zero91裸聊视频� for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and chastised the politicization of a committee that has historically worked together toward meaningful change.

91裸聊视频淒id you even recognize that you silenced our daughter who was sharing her own and 25 other stories of survivors of (intimate partner violence) and (sexual assault) that were not properly dealt with by the police, judicial system and the government?91裸聊视频� Alexander said in a passage addressed to Gazan.

91裸聊视频淵ou silenced our daughter91裸聊视频檚 voice.91裸聊视频�

Alexander said she is 91裸聊视频渁stounded91裸聊视频� by the strength of her daughter, but also by the partisanship and lack of caring and understanding the government has shown in tackling the issue of violence against women.

Alexander ended the letter by saying her family and friends fully support her daughter for using her voice to support survivors of intimate partner violence, adding that her daughter and others like her want to see positive change around the issue.

91裸聊视频淪adly, after the events last Wednesday in the House of Commons, I can91裸聊视频檛 see that happening,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淪hame on us all.91裸聊视频�

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 2, 2024.

Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press