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MPs did not take it well.

The Speaker stood up saying “Order, order!” repeatedly as at least a dozen MPs from the opposition benches yelled, “Point of order!” at the top of their lungs, banging on their desks. Blaikie, with a perfect rhythm, yelled it the loudest, at least 40 times. Meanwhile, government House leader Bardish Chagger tried three times to read out an unrelated procedural motion, but she couldn’t be heard over the noise. It lasted for eight minutes.

“I’ve never seen this in the House before,” one staffer remarked.

As he tried to bring the House back to order, Regan chastised Blaikie. “If he wishes to be heard, he may not be heard for some time. It may be difficult to recognize him if he does not take his seat and come to order,” he said.

Blaikie yelled, “It’s my right,” garnering loud applause from the opposition benches. Someone else yelled to the Speaker, “That’s a threat!”

MPs hit the pause button on the issue for question period, but Blaikie stood up afterwards to say his privilege had been violated by the Speaker. Regan said he would “consider the matter” and get back to the House.

On the opposition side, several MPs also asked for Chagger to re-read the motion she had presented — on extending the sitting hours of Parliament for the last few weeks of the sitting — but despite the circumstances, the speaker deemed that she wouldn’t have to. NDP MP Nathan Cullen said he thought it was strange for the Speaker to pretend like this was business as usual when it was “impossible to believe” that anything about Friday morning was normal.