OTTAWA — House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus has survived a vote put forward by the Conservatives to remove him from his position.
The effort to oust Fergus failed by a vote of 142-168 after the NDP sided with the Liberals, with both accusing the Conservatives of undermining democracy and its independent institutions.
The Conservatives also asked Fergus to resign after a video tribute to the Ontario Liberals' departing interim leader in which Fergus wore his Speaker's robes was shown to a provincial party convention in December. "In baseball three strikes you're out, and we've got the Speaker on three different occasions, or actually this is the fourth occasion, that he has done partisan activities, and given partisan speeches," Bezan said in the House.
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