Acadie-Annapolis MP Chris d’Entremont was booed while laying a wreath at the Remembrance Day service in Annapolis Royal on Nov. 11.

A week earlier, the MP crossed the floor in the House of Commons, leaving the Conservatives to join the Liberal caucus.

D’Entremont said people booed him before the service when he went to the bathroom at the Royal Canadian Legion Port Royal Branch 21. He couldn’t imagine they would do it during the service.

“But they did,” he said. “I just sort of under my breath said, ‘Not the place for it.’ This is a solemn event.”

Branch 21 president Angela Amero issued a statement Nov. 12 saying at least three people booed d’Entremont while he was laying the wreath, conduct that will not be tolerated in the legion. She called the heckling disrespectful.

“To those tha

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