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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.
October 8, 2024
The Speaker: Yesterday, during question period, the Chair indicated that the Leader of the Opposition had used language directed at the Minister of Foreign Affairs that was deemed to be...
The Speaker ruled that the Leader of the Opposition must withdraw unparliamentary language or be barred from speaking for the rest of the day.
September 26, 2024
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the points of order raised on September 18 by the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands and September 19 by the member for New Westminster─Burnaby concerning...
The Speaker rules that the Leader of the Opposition's personal remarks were unparliamentary and must be withdrawn to maintain decorum in the House.
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.
June 2, 2022
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on May 30, 2022, by the member for Perth—Wellington concerning questions related to the Board of Internal Economy in...
The Speaker ruled that a 2001 unanimous consent order was a temporary exception, not a permanent change, and thus a Board of Internal Economy spokesperson cannot answer questions during Adjournment Proceedings under current Standing Orders.
May 5, 2022
The Deputy Speaker: Before we go to question period today, I would like to return to the points of order raised yesterday, May 4, 2022, concerning remarks made during Oral Questions. First, the...
The Speaker ruled that questions must concern government administration and cannot be used to ask ministers to comment on other political parties.
December 9, 2021
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on November 23, 2021, by the member for Louis-Saint-Laurent concerning the failure to produce documents. I also want to...
The Speaker ruled that questions of privilege concerning contempt from a previous Parliament cannot be revived after dissolution because the underlying House orders have expired.
May 25, 2021
The Speaker: I would like to make a statement concerning an expression used recently during Oral Questions, which has become the subject of multiple points of order. As members know, points of...
The Speaker ruled that accusing a party of 'deliberately misleading Canadians' is not unparliamentary, unlike when aimed at an individual, but cautioned against such inflammatory language.
July 22, 2020
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on July 20, by the Leader of the Opposition concerning remarks made by the Prime Minister in committee of the whole...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege alleging the Prime Minister misled the House, ruling the matter was a difference of interpretation rather than a clear intent to mislead.
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.