MPs comment after Conservatives' question period dispute with House Speaker - April 30, 2024

Speaking with reporters on Parliament Hill, MPs comment on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's ejection from the House of Commons chamber during question period and a subsequent walkout by Conservative MPs. Speaker Greg Fergus ejected the Conservative leader following a dispute over his use of unparliamentary language in a question about drug decriminalization posed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Prior to Poilievre's ejection, the Speaker ordered Conservative MP Rachael Thomas to withdraw from the House for disregarding the authority of the chair.
Conservative MPs Michael Barrett, Rachael Thomas, Michelle Rempel Garner, Michelle Ferreri, and Jacques Gourde comment on the dispute.
Government House leader Steven MacKinnon, ministers Marc Miller, Gary Anandasangaree, Bill Blair, and Pascale St-Onge, Liberal MPs Adam van Koeverden, Judy Sgro and Terry Sheehan, NDP House leader Peter Julian, NDP deputy leader Alexandre Boulerice, and Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe also discuss the incidents.