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[i]Garneau, a former astronaut, told the tale of the mistaken mail delivery in the Commons after question period Monday. He said that in February a package from the charity Hope Air that was clearly addressed to him was accidentally delivered to Tremblay, who now occupies Garneau's old office. Garneau said he contacted Tremblay's office in search of the package and was told the box was opened and the toys given away. "Though an offense against the dignity of the House regardless of the contents, the theft of these contents in my view is also an offense against common decency," Garneau said. He read aloud the definition of mail theft under the Criminal Code and cited previous rulings from Speakers on the House of Commons about invasions of privacy, laying out his case for why the incident should be considered by Speaker Andrew Scheer to be in contempt of Parliament. Garneau said it's unclear whether Tremblay himself or his staff opened his mail and gave it away, but either way, he said his parliamentary privileges have been breached and a "serious offense" has occurred. He said what took place is "not only an invasion of my privacy, it is theft."[/i]
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