Speaker faces renewed calls from Conservatives to resign

Speaker Greg Fergus is facing renewed calls from Conservative MPs to resign. The Front Bench panel weighs in.

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[brentborland]

Remember that Greg Fergus has been in violation of the Ethics commission prior to becoming the speaker of the house. He has a history of being biased towards the opposition.

[denisenorrie]

You have to give Mulcair points for being so fair.

[Ro-oot]

Fergus needs to go. He’s totally partisan. This administration is a bloody nightmare. I hope the conservatives get a 2 term landslide.

[landsea]

MP Rachael Thomas' words " I withdraw " were edited out of the official House of Commons transcript .
This was a cover up for Greg Fergus' .
That was the last straw, Fergus needs to resign .
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[DPapas]

Fergus won't resign because he likes all the extra perks that go along with being House Speaker.

[janetstokes]

Really buddy are u really pulling the racist card?

[Krazeelee]

The House is in a sad state of affairs. Embarrassing the country.

[Poppinwheeeeellllllieeeeez]

Jagmeet will doing anything to cling to the tiny taste of power he has.

[cindymay]

It just goes on and on. The NDP are repulsive

[DebbieQuick-tp]

Following your logic if the Speaker of the House was Caucasian he could and should be fired . Sounding more than somewhat Racist…!!!! 🤦‍♀️😡

[rjlkc]

His skin colour has nothing to do with whether or not he's capable of doing his job.

[nickwalsworth]

Fergus' job was to sit in the chair and look the diversity. FAILED again.

[marilynhaley]

Kick pierre out but not trudeau saying spinless, Pierre you get myself my families vote, and fergus needs to be FIRED

[Youtubehandle]

I’ve historically always voted Liberal but never again. Ridiculous

[stevegesner]

Mr. Singh will not support the resignation of Mr. Fergus. In any other parlimentary jurisdiction, Mr. Fergus would step down as it's the honorable course. But like the Liberals, the NDP and Mr. Singh have no honour.

[pwhite]

As a Canadian taxpayer I expect that our Government officials do a better job at everything!!!! This notion of “ I didn’t know, I didn’t read it, somebody else wrote it “, is embarrassing!

[dianedee]

It doesn't matter what color or religion he is, HE IS BLATANTLY PARTISAN, he's a liberal through and through, and obviously treats the parties differently because of this!!

[Chriskiller]

The NDP just shown who their big boss really is and that’s not the Canadian but Trudeau!! Its shameful how Jagmeet is just waiting for his pension and does not care about anything else.

[junewinfrow]

Out of line mentioning the colour of Greg Fergus's skin. It has nothing to do with his incompetence

[chrismifflin]

Brian is tired of defending Fergus because he is indefensible.