May 26, 1971
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Recommittal; infringing on financial initiative of the Crown
If accepted, the amendment would clearly impose a charge on the treasury. "It is not a sufficient answer to the procedural objection to say that any money required to give effect to the amendment...
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible because it imposed a new charge on the treasury, thereby infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown.