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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.
December 2, 2021
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the question of privilege raised on November 23, 2021, by the member for Banff—Airdrie and the member for Salaberry—Suroît concerning the Board of Internal...
The Speaker found a prima facie question of privilege regarding the Board of Internal Economy's authority to impose a vaccine mandate on MPs, pending a proper motion.
March 10, 2020
The Speaker: I am ready to rule on the questions of privilege raised on February 25 by the member for Fundy Royal and on February 27 by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government...
The Speaker found a prima facie breach of privilege due to the deliberate premature disclosure of a government bill to the media before its introduction in the House.
January 28, 2014
The Speaker: On December 9, 2013, the House Leader of the Official Opposition raised various issues relating to Question Period. Other Members from all parties in the House have from time to time...
The Speaker clarifies that questions in Question Period must quickly link to the government's administrative responsibilities to avoid being ruled out of order.
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 11, 1977
The practice in respect of dividing substantive motions has never been extended to bills. The Speaker agrees that a Member ought to have the right to compel the House to vote on each separate...
The Speaker rules that bills cannot be divided for voting, but Members can use a motion to delete under S.O. 75(5) to achieve separate votes on specific clauses.
April 6, 1976
"Standing committees are and must remain the masters of their own procedure". For many years in this House the Chair has refrained from sitting in appeal on procedural decisions taken in standing...
The Speaker affirms the principle that standing committees control their own procedures and the Chair will not hear appeals from their decisions.
April 14, 1975
Questions / Oral Questions April 14, 1975 Journals pp. 439-41 Debates pp. 4762-4 Background On April 7, 1975, an experiment in procedure, designating a fixed time for the Question Period, began....
Analysis failed as the provided text was not a Speaker's Ruling.
September 13, 1971
In many respects the proposed amendment seems to meet some of the requirements for a reasoned amendment. "The most important of those, of course, is that the principle of relevance should govern...
The Speaker accepts a borderline reasoned amendment, cautioning that the leniency shown does not set a future precedent.