Achi news desk-
OTTAWA –
Speaker Greg Fergus kicked Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre out of the House of Commons during question period today.
All Conservative MPs have left the chamber in protest after Fergus gave Poilievre several chances to retract comments calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “wacko.”
Poilievre said he would replace the word with “radical,” then he would “simply withdraw and replace” the language with the term “extremist.”
Fergus said the Conservative leader was disregarding the chairman’s authority.
The exchange came after Conservative MP Rachael Thomas was kicked out of the chamber for ignoring instructions from the Speaker, which she called “outrageous.”
Immediately before the events, Trudeau had accused Poilievre of associating with far-right extremists and said that a person who does so is not fit to be prime minister.
This report was first published by The Canadian Press on April 30, 2024.
