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May 20, 1970
The Member questions the adequacy of current legislation with respect to abortion. It would be a questionable practice to initiate the consideration of amendments to statutes by way of debate...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate on abortion, ruling that the matter was not urgent and the procedure was inappropriate for initiating legislative amendments.
May 14, 1970
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage May 14, 1970 Journals p. 807 Debates pp. 6985-6 Background During report stage consideration of Bill S-5, an Act to amend the Oil and Gas...
An amendment was ruled inadmissible for being beyond the scope of the bill and for setting a new condition.
May 4, 1970
"... the only way in which the Standing Order can be operated so as to work and make sense is to have agreement between... representatives of the parties in the House." In this instance, there has...
The Speaker permitted a vaguely worded supply day motion to proceed as a non-confidence vote but warned that future motions must more clearly express non-confidence.
April 29, 1970
The powers of a committee as set down in the notice of the motion for its appointment cannot be expanded by an amendment. When an amendment is irregular in any particular, the whole of it is not...
A ruling from April 29, 1970, confirms that an amendment cannot expand a committee's powers beyond the scope of the original motion.
March 24, 1970
Despite the new rules, the principles in connection with reasoned amendments are the same. "The reasoned amendment must oppose the principle of the bill... It seems that the [proposed]...
The Speaker takes under advisement whether a reasoned amendment is admissible, as it may not directly oppose the principle of the bill.
March 24, 1970
"When a motion for second reading is before the House, [the House] may debate in a general way the principle of the bill but not the clauses in detail." They and the schedules should be debated at...
A ruling clarifying that debate at second reading must address the principle of a bill, not its individual clauses.
February 24, 1970
Although the propositions that the principle of the bill be reconsidered and the second reading be deferred six months are both separately acceptable, they cannot be combined. There is no...
The Speaker ruled that a reasoned amendment and a six months' hoist motion cannot be combined into a single proposition.
February 18, 1970
Members had been previously advised to wait until negotiations in the postal dispute were completed before introducing a motion to adjourn to discuss the matter. As these talks have proven...
The Speaker permits a motion for an emergency debate on the postal dispute following the failure of negotiations.
February 17, 1970
The proposed amendment does not oppose the principle of the bill, but rather attaches a condition to the motion for second reading of the bill. It is therefore not essentially a reasoned amendment.
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible because it attached a condition to a bill's second reading instead of opposing its principle, failing the test for a reasoned amendment.
February 17, 1970
Although this is a matter of urgent importance and national interest the motion should not be accepted at this stage because the parties to the conflict intend to hold important consultations and...
An application for an emergency debate was denied as premature pending the outcome of external consultations.