Poilievre booted from House of Commons after calling Trudeau a ‘wacko’
Pierre Poilievre was booted from the House of Commons on Tuesday after calling Justin Trudeau a “wacko prime minister.”Speaker of the House Greg Fergus took the step Tuesday during question period, kicking Poilievre out for using language he said was “not considered parliamentary.”The Conservative leader blamed Trudeau for allowing British Columbia to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs, a step B.C. is now seeking to roll back.Last week, B.C.
Premier David Eby announced he is asking the federal government to modify its Criminal Code exemption for simple drug possession so police can intervene in cases of public drug use.“Even the B.C. NDP are distancing themselves from his decriminalization of crack, heroin, meth and other hard drugs,” Poilievre said.“When will we put an end to this wacko policy by this wacko prime minister?” Poilievre said.Fergus asked Poilievre to withdraw his comments.“I replace wacko with ‘extremist’,” responded Poilievre.The Speaker asked him to take back that remark.“I’ll replace it with ‘radical,'” Poilievre answered.“I’m going to ask the honorable leader of the opposition to simply withdraw that comment,” Fergus asked again.When Poilievre refused, Fergus said, “I have to name you for disregarding the authority of the chair.”The Library of Parliament says they are unable to find record of an opposition leader ever being named in the House of Commons and removed by the Speaker.Moments earlier, Conservative MP Rachael Thomas was also removed from the House for refusing to apologize for saying Fergus was acting “in a disgraceful manner.”Much of the Conservative caucus left the chamber after Poilievre was ejected and took to social media saying that Poilievre was being censored and repeatedly
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