There was a marathon session of Parliament in Ottawa late last week that lasted 21 hours.

The session was extended to 21 hours by the Conservative Party, after the government defeated a motion to demand transparency from the government on the Prime Ministers recent trip to India, which included time with a convicted assassin.

Ashton said that while she and the rest of the NDP supported the original motion by the Conservative Party, she thought the tactics they decided to use were gruesome. She said that the reasoning behind the tactics, however, was straightforward and trying to increase government transparency.

Our Member of Parliament added that she had her infant twin boys with her in the House during a portion of the session. She said that she didn't have a choice when it came to bringing them into the House, as it was important to be there during the voting. Ashton added that it was a way to spend a little bit of time with them, being supported by her partner, family and friends behind the scenes.

She concluded by saying that as nice as it was to be able to spend time with them, the kinds of tactics used make life difficult for many MP's, and that she wishes there was a more straight forward to way to get to why they were there than 21 hours of voting. 

Ashton gave birth to her twin sons, Leonidas and Stephanos, on October 31st 2017.