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CTVNews.ca Top Stories ‘Simply unacceptable’: MPs call on Speaker Fergus to resign over ‘personal’ video message played at partisan event House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus apologized to MPs on Monday about a ‘personal’ video tribute message played this weekend at the Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention, but two opposition parties say that’s not enough and are now calling for him to resign over his ‘unacceptable’ participation in a partisan event. 4 in custody after ‘brutal’ death of Quebec entrepreneur, partner in Dominica Four people are in police custody after Quebec businessman Daniel Langlois and his partner Dominique Marchand were found dead in Dominica. NDP calling on Liberals to establish special immigration measures to help Canadians with families in Gaza The federal NDP is urging the Liberals to immediately create special immigration measures to allow the evacuation of extended family members of Canadians and permanent residents in Gaza. 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