Poilievre allowed back in House of Commons after getting kicked out Tuesday

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will be allowed back in the House of Commons from question period Wednesday after being ejected for calling the prime minister a 'wacko.'

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will be allowed back in the House of Commons on Wednesday for question period after Speaker Greg Fergus had kicked him out for refusing to withdraw comments calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “wacko.”

Speaker’s office spokesperson Mathieu Gravel says that under the standing orders of the House of Commons, Poilievre is allowed to return Wednesday without having to apologize for not retracting unparliamentary language.

While the term “wacko” has been used in the past to describe policy, Fergus interjected when Poilievre asked, “When will we put an end to this wacko policy by this wacko prime minister?”

Under the rules of the House of Commons, it is fine to use the term when describing something like policy, but MPs are not allowed to use disparaging remarks directed at another member in anything that could be considered a “personal attack” or “derogatory.”

Fergus asked Poilievre to withdraw the comment four times on Tuesday.

Instead, the Conservative leader said he wanted to replace “wacko” with either “extremist” or “radical leftist policy,” in relation to the B.C. government’s application to recriminalize the public use of illicit drugs after being granted a three-year Criminal Code exemption.

The Library of Parliament has no record of a leader of the official opposition ever being ejected from the House of Commons.

Now, questions are turning to Fergus and whether Conservatives will push to have him resign.