Speaker Pledges to Resign If Video Causes House to Lose Confidence in Him

House Speaker Greg Fergus also promised to create a more ‘rigorous communication protocol’ to ensure a similar incident does not happen again.

House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus appears as a witness at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 11, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

House Speaker Greg Fergus has promised to step down from his position if a partisan video tribute that was shown at the Ontario Liberal convention earlier this month causes the House of Commons to permanently lose confidence in him.

“I accept the process and the decision. I am a servant of the House of Commons, so if the House decides that they no longer trust me, and that I can’t regain the trust of members of Parliament, … of course I will leave,” Mr. Fergus told a parliamentary committee on Dec. 11.