Tom Mulcair, the former leader of the NDP, said that the decision of Speaker Greg Fergus to remove Pierre Poilievre yesterday has revealed his total Liberal bias and the fact he’s unfit for the position.

“This was not only precipitous. For me, it was manifestly obviously partisan. And I don’t comment that lightly,” Mulcair said.

“Remember when Greg Fergus got caught making a very partisan video,” Mulcair continued. “I was one of the people defending him. You know, I’ve been a House leader… but I’ve never seen anything like this. Never in my career have I seen such, in my view, blatant partisanship from a Speaker.”

The show of “blatant partisanship” Mulcair is referring to is Liberal Speaker Greg Fergus’s removal of the Leader of the Opposition, Pierre Poilievre, from the House yesterday for merely characterizing Trudeau as a ‘wacko’—which he is.

Moreover, Poilievre’s removal came after Trudeau tried to slander Poilievre as someone courting White nationalists with no evidence—a far bigger debasement for which Fergus did nothing.

“The leader of the Conservative party is actively courting the support of groups with white nationalist views, and he needs to stand up and apologize now,” Trudeau said just minutes before Poilievre called him a “wacko Prime Minister”.

Furthermore, on numerous occasions, Trudeau has said far worse than ‘wacko’ with no consequence, even calling another MP a “piece of sh*t” in Parliament. But apparently, ‘wacko’ is where the new Liberal Speaker draws the line, at least when it’s a Conservative uttering it.

Speaking on this blatant hypocrisy, Mulcair continued, saying that, in his view, Fergus should resign and that he’s “disqualified” himself.

“I think he’s disqualified himself from the position, and I am, indeed, one of the people who defended him when people were calling for his head after that video,” Mulcair said.