OTTAWA – Speaker Greg Fergus insisted he is running an impartial House of Commons, as Liberal and NDP MPs appear ready to vote to keep him in the chair amid charges of partisanship.

Last week, Fergus was accused of partisanship after an invite went out to a Liberal party event that indicated he would appear and included an attack against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Liberal party has since apologized for the invite and said they included the language without Fergus’s knowledge.