November 21, 2011
Hon. Andrew Scheer
Sending for documents: scope of a standing committee's mandate; sub judice convention; separation between branches of government
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Windsor—Tecumseh on November 14 regarding proceedings in the Standing Committee on Access to Information,...
The Speaker denied a request to intervene in a committee's demand for documents involved in a court case, upholding the principle that committees are masters of their own proceedings until they report to the House.