Liberals, NDP says Conservative attacks on Speakers have become disturbing pattern
The federal Liberals and NDP say conservative politicians are displaying a pattern of attacks against Speakers’ independence, an allegation the Conservatives in Ottawa strongly deny.
“The fact is that this culture of intimidating the chair is something we have seen in other legislatures and I think Canadians are rightly horrified by it,” he said. While Poilievre is undermining the Speaker in Ottawa, Harrison is doing the same in Regina, Julian charged.On May 16, Saskatchewan’s Speaker Randy Weekes accused several Saskatchewan Party members and staff, including Harrison, of intimidation, including sending him harassing text messages about his rulings. Weekes is also an elected Saskatchewan Party MLA and served briefly in cabinet, but speakers by custom do not sit with their party caucuses after assuming the Speakers’s chair.
“And this isn’t something we’ve seen before from Conservatives, but since Mr. Poilievre has become leader we’re seeing this more and more.”“This is something that happened in the Saskatchewan Legislature regarding an entirely different party and has nothing to do with the Parliament of Canada and its Liberal Speaker or the Conservative Party of Canada,” said Sebastian Skamski, a spokesperson for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.
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