D’Entremont denies he was pressured by Conservative MPs to sanction Grit MP Baker in the House

Liberal MP Yvan Baker also alleges a 'double standard' in the House after Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre's single-day sanction for refusing to apologize over language deemed ‘unparliamentary.’

Liberal MP Yvan Baker, left, has accused Deputy Speaker Chris d'Entremont of being pressured by Conservative MPs when he barred Baker from speaking in the Chamber, a charge that d'Entremont denies.The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Cynthia Münster

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BY SOPHALL DUCH

October 21, 2024

Deputy House Speaker Chris d’Entremont says he was not pressured by Conservative MPs when he barred Liberal MP Yvan Baker from speaking in the Chamber for more than five months.

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