Greg Fergus, former parliamentary secretary to Prime minister Justin Trudeau, was elected speaker of the House of Commons today, Tuesday October 3rd.
This happens exactly one week after the previous speaker resigned over his invitation of a member of a nazi unit to the House of Commons, during Ukraine president Zelensky’s official visit to Canada.
Fergus, a Liberal MP was chosen by the 338-member House after a secret ballot today.
Congratulations to him.