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December 10, 2024
The Speaker: Colleagues, I am now ready to rule on a point of order raised by the Leader of the Government in the House on December 3, regarding the handling of certain oral questions. During...
The Speaker rules that questions during Question Period must pertain to government administrative responsibility to maintain its purpose of holding the government, not the opposition, accountable.
November 20, 2023
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on November 2, 2023, by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby concerning the admissibility of questions asked during Oral...
The Speaker ruled that oral questions must quickly and directly relate to the government's administrative responsibility, warning that irrelevant preambles or questions to non-ministers risk being cut off.
April 18, 2002
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised by the hon. Member from Mercier on March 19, 2002, relating to actions of the Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege concerning a committee Chair's actions, reaffirming the core principle that committees are masters of their own proceedings.
May 7, 1986
The Standing Orders specify only that a Minister of the Crown, or a Parliamentary Secretary speaking on behalf of a Minister, may speak in reply to questions during the Adjournment Proceedings....
The Speaker ruled that questions cannot be directed to committee chairs during Adjournment Proceedings as the Standing Orders only permit questions to Ministers or Parliamentary Secretaries.
May 20, 1970
The nature of the question is out of order. Only questions relating to procedural matters (if and when a committee will be convened or will meet) may be directed to committee chairmen. Questions...
The Speaker ruled that questions to committee chairs are only in order if they relate strictly to procedural matters like meeting schedules.