Sask. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Randy Weekes reading texts from Finance Minister Donna Harpauer accusing him of letting legislature become an 'Opposition puppet show.' Moments later Weekes ejected another cabinet minister for refusing to apologize.
He asked Harpauer to withdraw and apologize for the text, "and any others that you may feel inclined to send me off the record."Moments later, House leader Jeremy Harrison made a comment that caught Weekes's attention. The irony of the whole chain of events was that before question period began on Monday, Weekes ruled on a previous point of order raised by Carr the week prior, in which Opposition Leader Carla Beck said, "Saskatchewan people expect their leaders to be honest and forthright."
But it has been a while since a government MLA was forced to leave, let alone a government House leader.Weekes lost nomination bid after 24 years as MLAafter several rounds of voting knocked off former speaker Mark Docherty. Weekes is now somewhat of a lame duck Speaker, because after more than 24 years in office he will not be running for the Saskatchewan Party in the fall.
"I don't think there's influence. I think what you have are two colleagues who have served for over two decades together in the assembly exchanging texts."
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