Canada: House Speaker bans Conservative leader who accused foreign minister of ‘pandering to Hamas’

Canadian Parliamentary House Speaker Greg Fergus, whose job is to be neutral, is accused of being so partisan that the official opposition Conservative Party of Canada is not only calling for his removal, but has released a petition to “Fire The Partisan Liberal Speaker.”

The petition reads:

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Commons must act in a non-partisan nature to ensure fairness and neutrality,

Whereas the current House Speaker, Greg Fergus, has shown complete disregard for the neutrality his role requires by clearly acting in a way that benefits the Trudeau Liberals and disparages Conservatives,

Whereas the Liberal Speaker filmed a partisan video in his office wearing his Speakers’ robe to address the Ontario Liberal Caucus, he censored Pierre Poilievre for calling Trudeau’s deadly drug policies “wacko,” and hosted an event advertised on the Liberal Party website that directly criticized the Conservative Party Leader.

Whereas the Liberal Speaker has continually shown favour and a double standard of treatment to Liberal MPs in the House of Commons, including choosing to censor Pierre Poilievre and common sense Conservatives while allowing Justin Trudeau to speak freely,

Therefore, we call on all members of the House of Commons to uphold the principle of Speaker neutrality, and express non-confidence in this partisan Liberal Speaker.

Last year, Liberal MP Greg Fergus became new Speaker of the House of Commons after his predecessor Anthony Rota resigned in scandal for inviting a Nazi to Parliament — Yaroslav Hunka. Hunka is a former Ukrainian soldier who fought in the Nazi division Waffen-SS Galicia Division, or the SS 14th Waffen Division. He was honored in Canada’s House of Commons during Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Parliament. The National Post reported at that time that the newly installed House Speaker Fergus “now has the difficult task to restore some order in a hyper partisan House.”

Given the latest news regarding Fergus, he’s failing. The latest incident stems from Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre accusing Foreign Minister Melanie Joly of “pandering to Hamas,” and Fergus banning Poilievre from Parliament for the day. Yet Poilievre’s accusation is not without merit. There has been a pattern with Joly. Firstly, recall her Twitter post:

In the West Bank, we met with President Abbas to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the future governance of the Palestinian Authority and the work to advance towards a two-state solution.@YaaraSaks pic.twitter.com/MJzwUIljcO

— Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly) March 14, 2024

Now Joly is demanding an apology from Poilievre, despite her long record that aligns with Poilievre’s accusation:

• In March, a Member of the Israeli Knesset, Dan Illouz, sent a letter to Joly, saying that a Canadian arms embargo on Israel (that Joly voted for) “sends a dangerous signal to the world that Canada is willing to sideline a democratic ally in favor of appeasing radical elements.”
• Also in March, Joly responded to accusations about Israeli sexual violence that “we believe Palestinian women.”
• In April, Joly told Israel to “take the win” and “not respond with direct attack on Iran” when Iran bombarded Israel with missile fire.
• In May, Joly stated: “We are horrified” by Israel’s “strikes in Rafah,” and pledged 5000 more visas for Gazans. Yet she turned a blind eye to Hamas’ use of human shields and Israel’s need to protect its country from jihadist obliteration.
• Joly also announced in May that Canada was imposing new sanctions on Jewish “perpetrators of extremist settler violence” in Judea and Samaria, under a Special Economic Measures Act.

Greg Fergus is proving to be another Liberal partisan crony. “Speaker silences Poilievre for a day after he accused foreign minister of pandering to Hamas,” by John Paul Tasker, CBC News, October 8, 2024:

Speaker Greg Fergus ruled Tuesday that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won’t be allowed to speak in the House of Commons for the rest of the day after he refused to withdraw his claim that Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is pandering to Hamas.

In question period Monday, Poilievre asked Joly to condemn what he called “genocidal chants from hateful mobs” during recent protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Police have  opened investigations into alleged hate speech following some rallies and charges have been laid in some cases….

Poilievre continued:

“I gave the foreign affairs minister two opportunities to condemn the increasingly common and terrifying antisemitic chants we hear in the streets, such as ‘Israel will soon be gone’ and ‘There is only one solution! Intifada, revolution!’ ” he said.

“Twice she refused to condemn those remarks. She continues to pander to Hamas supporters and the Liberal Party as part of her leadership campaign rather than doing her job.”

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Yet anything deemed “offensive” by Canada’s self-appointed Liberal arbiters of what constitutes “offensive” speech is punished, even in violation of constitutional freedoms.

It was only a matter of time before Conservative politicians in Canada were attacked. America has already experienced the relentless weaponizing of its political system against Donald Trump.

Cancel culture first unleashed its fury upon truth-tellers in the culture war who were regarded as the easier targets, but it has metastasized to include those in the political establishment.  The battle to restore freedom to society from the top down, as well as the rule of law and constitutional rights, has yet to be won. No one is safe as free societies remain under threat from ruthless and rabid woke leaders who are aligned with the red-green axis.