Canada's opposition leader Poilievre kicked out from parliament for calling Trudeau a 'wacko'

Canada's opposition leader and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was ejected from Canada's House of Commons after he called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a "wacko" and "extremist" during a question period.

A fiery exchange on British Columbia's controversial decriminalisation of hard drugs saw Poilievre attacking the Liberal government and Trudeau, a clash that could be replicated in the next year during the election for prime ministership.

During the argument, Trudeau accused Poilievre of "shamefully" flirting with "white nationalists", a reference to recent images showing him with protesters at an anti-carbon price protest that featured flags and symbols of groups including the far-right group Diagalon, reports BBC.

Poilievre, in turn, characterised Trudeau's comments as his "latest distraction" from his own "extremist policies".

"When will we put an end to this wacko policy by this wacko prime minister?" he said.

By this point, Speaker Greg Furgus had already expelled Rachael Thomas, another Conservative MP, for calling the prime minister "disgraceful".

He intervened again, calling Poilievre comments "unacceptable" and asking him to "simply withdraw them".

When Poilievre failed to do so, Speaker Fergus ejected him from the chamber.

Later, Poilievre took to X to reiterate his charge against the PM.

"Today the Liberal speaker censored me for describing Trudeau's hard drug policy as wacko," Mr Poilievre said on Twitter, also called X. "This is a wacko policy from a wacko PM that's destroying lives."

The Canadian general elections are expected to be held by late October 2025 and surveys of public opinion indicate the Conservatives would win a large majority over the center-left Liberals, who have been in power since November 2015, according to Reuters news agency.

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