OTTAWA — House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus dismissed a Conservative MP’s complaint that she was unjustifiably kicked out of the chamber during a raucous question period after withdrawing her offending comments off microphone.

Rachael Thomas raised <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;a question of privilege&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/conservatives-rachael-thomas-speaker-fergus&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/conservatives-rachael-thomas-speaker-fergus" target="_blank">a question of privilege</a>&nbsp;earlier this month after noticing that her words “I withdraw” appeared in the unedited transcript of the House of Commons on April 30 but were absent in the official record of the proceedings known as Hansard.

'Because the noise level was so high, the Chair did not hear her say that day that she was withdrawing her words.'{ai:summary}<p>Conservative MP Rachel Thomas complains after being removed from House of Commons for withdrawing comments. Speaker dismisses claim of unfair treatment. #politics</p>

Speaker Greg Fergus says decision to kick out Conservative MP was 'justified'

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