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February 8, 1993
The Speaker: The honourable member for Parkdale—High Park has raised a matter which has been raised before in this House. There is a rule as the honourable member referred to it and read it to the...
Speaker acknowledges the government's breach of rules regarding petition response times but notes the Chair lacks sanction power, resolving the immediate issue via a government undertaking.
November 20, 1992
The Deputy Speaker: As far as Question No. 283 is concerned, our rules do provide for such a procedure. It is agreed and so ordered. Postscript The debate on the subject matter of the question...
The Deputy Speaker granted the request to transfer the subject matter of Order Paper Question No. 283 to the Adjournment Proceedings debate, confirming the procedure is allowed under the rules.
February 12, 1992
The Speaker: I promised yesterday that I would return with respect to a question which was put by the honourable Member for Ottawa—Vanier yesterday, a question on a subject that is of course very...
The Speaker ruled that a question demanding the Prime Minister instruct a government appointee to retract comments was out of order for being argumentative and outside the scope of government administrative competence.
December 5, 1991
The Deputy Speaker: I have a difficulty right now because our rules say that I should not have accepted a point of order in the midst of the adjournment motion. This is the adjournment motion,...
The Deputy Speaker ruled that points of order are inadmissible during Adjournment Proceedings, citing established precedent regarding the timing of interventions during the late show.
October 2, 1991
The Speaker: On Wednesday, September 18, the honourable member for Kingston and the Islands rose on a point of order concerning the answers provided by the government to written questions placed...
The Speaker sustained a Point of Order, ruling that the government must cease including the time and cost of preparation in answers to written questions on the Order Paper as this extraneous information violates Standing Order 39.
October 1, 1991
The Speaker: I want to respond immediately to the honourable Member for Winnipeg Transcona. He raises a point and he is correct that twice within the last couple of weeks a Parliamentary Secretary...
The Speaker sustained a Point of Order confirming that Parliamentary Secretaries are prohibited from asking questions during Question Period, citing Beauchesne and apologizing for recent inadvertent breaches of the practice.
June 19, 1991
The Speaker: Perhaps I can help the honourable Member. First of all, I am not revealing a great secret when I say that of course there is a list. The honourable Member has often been on that list....
The Speaker confirmed the existence of a non-binding recognition list for Question Period and affirmed the Chair's absolute discretion to recognize independent Members for supplementary questions.
March 19, 1991
The Speaker: The honourable Minister has made reference to a long-standing rule in the House that questions ought not to anticipate the Order of the Day. Despite that the Minister has, as is his...
The Speaker ruled a question out of order for anticipating a scheduled debate but affirmed the Minister's right to choose whether to reply.
December 19, 1990
The Acting Speaker (Hon. Steven Paproski): I have a statement. On Tuesday, December 18, 1990, the honourable Member for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell raised a point of order regarding the...
The Speaker ruled that petitions containing a few signatures from non-residents are acceptable to avoid disenfranchising the Canadian signatories.
November 26, 1990
The Speaker: I would like to assure the honourable Member that the Chair, as much as is humanly possible, would not ever treat one honourable Member differently than the others. A few days ago I...
The Speaker reaffirms rules against personal attacks in Statements by Members (S.O. 31) and promises to review a complaint to ensure fair treatment for all Members.