Greg Fergus Will Need to Pay Fine, Apologize to Stay on as House Speaker: NDP

Published on December 12, 2023

The federal New Democrats say they won’t be calling for House Speaker Greg Fergus to resign over a video that was shown at a partisan event, but they do endorse a call for him to be disciplined. NDP House leader Peter Julian says Mr. Fergus will need to apologize for his actions again and pay a fine—though he would not say how steep that could be. The video played at a recent party convention saw Mr. Fergus paying tribute to the outgoing interim leader of the Ontario Liberals while wearing his ceremonial Speaker’s robes. Mr. Fergus apologized on Dec. 11 to the procedure and House affairs committee, which is set to report back to the House of Commons this week about whether he should be sanctioned....

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