House Speaker asks MPs to behave better in question period after incident
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House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus says he expects members of Parliament to behave better than they did last week, when an exchange between two party leaders got so heated one MP thought it may actually come to physical blows.
House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus says he expects members of Parliament to behave better than they did last week, when an exchange between two party leaders got so heated one MP thought it may actually come to physical blows.
Fergus says he hopes to have more to say later this week in light of several demands from MPs for more discipline in the House.
"There were words which fall outside of what's acceptable," Fergus said before question period Monday.
"There was behaviour which was also outside of the parliamentary traditions."
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