Former NDP Leader Mulcair Says Speaker Fergus Should Resign After Ousting Poilievre From House

Greg Fergus should resign from his position of House Speaker after expelling Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre from question period April 30, says former NDP leader Tom Mulcair, calling the move “blatant partisanship.” “This was not only precipitous, for me it was manifestly, obviously partisan and I don’t come at that lightly,” said the retired politician-turned political analyst during CTV’s Power Play. “It was an awful performance by speaker Greg Fergus. He just lost control … Fergus should do the right thing and step down.” Mr. Poilievre’s removal from the House of Commons came after calling Justin Trudeau a “wacko prime minister” for supporting B.C.’s previous drug decriminalization policy....