A video of Monday night's city council meeting appears to show Plateau borough mayor Luc Ferrandez taking a snooze in the middle of citizens' question period.
The video, which has already started to make the rounds of social media, has already started drawing snarky comments.
"Luc Ferrandez sleeping at city council? Oh, sounds like a Senate nomination!" wrote one Twitter user.
"Ferrandezzzzzzzzz," wrote another.
Ferrandez, meanwhile, wasn't amused by the attention, and accused the media of taking a cheap shot at him.
"There are limits to attacking my reputation like that in such a superficial manner," Ferrandez told reporters outside council chambers on Tuesday. "When I close my eyes in council and it makes national news, we have a media problem."
It hasn't been a good week for Ferrandez's public image. Last week, the longtime cycling advocate was handed a $42 ticket by police for cycling the wrong way on a one-way street, as he was biking to City Hall. He announced he would pay the fine.
The alleged nap, which lasted for little more than a few seconds, took place at around the 12:55 mark.