MPs Agree to Ask Committee to Review Controversy Over Video by Speaker Greg Fergus

MPs Agree to Ask Committee to Review Controversy Over Video by Speaker Greg Fergus
Speaker Greg Fergus makes a Speaker's Statement before Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 18, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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OTTAWA—The House of Commons voted late Wednesday to have a committee determine whether Speaker Greg Fergus should be punished for a video message he recorded that was played at a political party convention.

MPs voted unanimously in favour of a motion from Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer to have a parliamentary committee explore whether the Speaker violated Commons conventions that require him to be non−partisan.