Speaker of the House Greg Fergus booted the Conservative Leader from the House of Commons, after Pierre Poilievre called Justin Trudeau a 'wacko prime minister.'
FILE - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday. Poilievre was booted from the House on Tuesday after calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a 'wacko.' THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick.
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.” It’s not immediately clear whether any other federal official opposition leader has been removed from the House before. The Conservative leader blamed Trudeau for allowing British Columbia to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs, a step B.C. is now seeking to rolling back.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.
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