Demands for Speaker to resign after he appears in Liberal tribute video

House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus is apologizing after a video message he recorded in thanks of the departing interim leader of the Ontario Liberal party, John Fraser, was played at the party's leadership convention.

Now he's facing calls to step down from the Bloc Quebecois and Conservatives. His apology came after Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer gave notice that he planned to raise a question of privilege, given the Speaker is supposed to play an explicitly non-partisan role At Queen's Park on Monday, Fraser defended the message as personal and non-partisan.

Fergus also defended his decision to film the message in the first place, saying that like other MPs, he is friends with people from across the political spectrum. He says he was asked to record the message for an intimate gathering to honour Fraser.

Fraser says there was a miscommunication to Fergus's office over when the message would be played.