Multiple Liberal cabinet ministers say they believe Anthony Rota’s days as House of Commons Speaker are numbered, Radio-Canada has learned.
That Rota is still in the job causes discomfort in the Liberal caucus, sources told Radio-Canada, after he invited a Ukrainian veteran who fought in a Nazi unit to watch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech to Parliament on Friday.
The opposition parties could force a vote on a motion in the House of Commons calling for the Speaker to step down. If that happens, several influential members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet told Radio-Canada they can’t imagine a scenario where Liberal MPs would vote to save Rota’s skin.
Gotta protect Junior.
Here’s a blast from the past … The Chrystia Freeland Affair
What is extraordinary in this video where @karinagould is asking for history to be rewritten (for the Hansard to strike the Speaker's fulsome praise for the Nazis) is Chrystia Freeland's reaction nodding vigorously. This is right out of Orwell's 1984 where history is constantly… pic.twitter.com/k4c6Aj1RNO
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) September 26, 2023
