Babbling baby interrupts Bill Morneau's budget speech

A babbling babybriefly halted Finance Minister Bill Morneau as he was delivering his first federal budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

Although precisely what the baby was babblingabout is hard to make out, it sounded like"no, no, no" over and over. All thiswhile Morneau spoke about the middle class and restoring "prosperity and optimism"with the budget.

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At first, Morneau tried to power through the baby's babbles. But it wasn't long before there was laughter,heckling and some disapproving glaresfrom a few MPs seatedbehind the finance minister. Morneau cracked a smile and stopped the budget speech to have a sip of water.

It wasn't the first baby noises of the day shrieks and squealscould also be heard during question period.

Several budgetwatchers heard the baby's wailsand joked about them on Twitter.

Even Conservative MP Andrew Scheer commented on the cries, using them to take a jab at the Liberals.

The Saskatchewan MP was the former House of Commons Speaker. In November, he was named the Opposition House leader.

There were some questions about where the baby wails were coming from.

Given the baby was out of camera frame, only its cries could be heard. Several speculatedabout the identity of the baby.

The culprit may very well be babyDaphne, the daughter ofNDP MPChristine Moore.

The baby was spotted on Moore's lap inside the House of Commonsearlier in the day. It popped into frame while NDP Leader Tom Mulcair wasasking a question about the budget.

After making a scene inside the House, it appears the baby was then moved into the foyer, just outside of where the speech was taking place.

But that's where many reporters were gathered to cover budget day. So the baby ended up interrupting some live broadcasts too.