{"id":27905,"date":"2024-04-30T21:38:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T01:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/canadas-conservative-leader-ejected-from-house-of-commons\/30\/04\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T21:38:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T01:38:58","slug":"canadas-conservative-leader-ejected-from-house-of-commons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/canadas-conservative-leader-ejected-from-house-of-commons\/30\/04\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada’s Conservative leader ejected from House of Commons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre<\/a><\/span><\/span> was ejected from Canada’s House of Commons after fiery exchanges with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n

Mr Poilievre’s removal came after he refused to apologise for calling Mr Trudeau a “wacko” and “extremist” during a question period.<\/p>\n

They were debating British Columbia’s controversial decriminalisation of hard drugs.<\/p>\n

Rachael Thomas, another Conservative MP, was also expelled.<\/p>\n

Conservatives in the British Columbia government are currently seeking to reverse the province’s landmark decriminalisation of drugs.<\/p>\n

During the exchange in the national parliament, Mr Trudeau accused Mr Poilievre of “shamefully” flirting with “white nationalists”, a reference to recent images showing him with protesters at an anti-carbon price protest that featured flags and symbols of groups including the far-right group Diagalon.<\/p>\n

Mr Poilievre, in turn, characterised Mr Trudeau’s comments as his “latest distraction” from his own “extremist policies”.<\/p>\n

“When will we put an end to this wacko policy by this wacko prime minister?” he said.<\/p>\n

By this point, Speaker Greg Furgus had already expelled Ms Thomas for calling the prime minister “disgraceful”.<\/p>\n

He intervened again, calling Mr Poilievre comments “unacceptable” and asking him to “simply withdraw them”.<\/p>\n

When Mr Poilievre failed to do so, Speaker Fergus ejected him from the chamber.<\/p>\n

The bulk of Conservative MPs followed.<\/p>\n

“Today the Liberal speaker censored me for describing Trudeau’s hard drug policy as wacko,” Mr Poilievre said on Twitter, also called X. “This is a wacko policy from a wacko PM that’s destroying lives.”<\/p>\n

British Columbia’s decriminalisation project, which began in January 2023, has faced increasing pushback over public disorder and drug use concerns.<\/p>\n

Earlier in April the province announced that it would re-criminalise the use of hard drugs in public, partly rolling back the policy.<\/p>\n

Police will soon have the power to again address drug use in all public places, including hospitals, restaurants, parks and beaches.<\/p>\n

It is unclear when the new rules will come into force. The province said it is working with the federal government to “urgently” change the policy.<\/p>\n

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Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was ejected from Canada’s House of Commons after fiery exchanges with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mr Poilievre’s removal