I don't know how he did it. It must have taken all the strength still left in his dying body.
His muscles are locking up. By now he probably can't smile or even close his eyes. It's getting harder and harder to breathe.
But somehow Mauril Bélanger made it to the House of Commons for what is almost certainly the last time.
To see his bill to make our national anthem gender neutral advance to its final vote.
