‘Obstructing their own obstruction’: Liberals, Conservatives spar in protracted privilege debate over documents

House Speaker Greg Fergus ruled Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre could not speak on Tuesday without withdrawing ‘unparliamentary’ comments.

In an Oct. 8 scrum, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on the comments made the day before that earned him a rebuke from the House Speaker.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IREM KOCA

October 8, 2024

Parliamentary proceedings stagnated for a seventh straight day as tensions ran high in the House of Commons with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre absent after the Speaker ruled he could not speak Tuesday without withdrawing “unparliamentary” language.

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