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September 25, 2000
The Deputy Speaker: The Chair has given a ruling in respect of the admissibility of the amendments. Of the 3,100 or so that were submitted, I am told 156 have been rejected as not in order and...
The Speaker denied a point of order requesting the Chair to rule a large number of amendments inadmissible, affirming that the Chair is bound by precedent and procedural changes must come from committee.
April 3, 2000
The Acting Speaker: Before resuming debate I want to come to the points of order raised earlier today concerning the admissibility of Motions Nos. 3 and 4 on the Notice Paper which were selected...
The Speaker ruled that two report stage motions, previously defeated in committee, were admissible for debate due to their exceptional significance.
March 13, 2000
The Speaker: The deputy House leader of the Bloc Québécois raised a question of privilege on March 1, 2000, relating to the rejection of two motions in amendment to Bill C‐20, An Act to give...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege concerning the confidentiality of draft amendments, clarifying that legislative counsel and clerks form a single confidential team and no breach occurred.
February 21, 2000
The Speaker: I am now prepared to deal with the question of privilege raised by the honourable member for Calgary Centre on Tuesday, February 15, 2000, relating to the alleged disclosure of Bill...
The Speaker ruled that a government's disclosure of a bill to a third party for consultation before its formal introduction in the House is not a prima facie breach of privilege.
December 6, 1999
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on a point of order raised by the House Leader for the Official Opposition on Thursday, December 2, 1999, concerning the acceptability of report stage motions...
The Speaker allowed report stage motions to append the Nisga'a Final Agreement to Bill C-9, despite procedural arguments that they were unnecessary, provided the motions were corrected to reference the official Sessional Papers.
October 19, 1999
The Deputy Speaker: The Notice Paper contains 157 motions in amendment with respect to report stage of Bill C-6. The motions will be grouped for debate as follows. Group No. 1, Motions Nos. 1, 2,...
The Speaker allows multiple motions to delete clauses from a bill's schedule for one last time, ruling that future attempts must be made via a single motion.
November 6, 1997
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the question of privilege raised by the honourable member for Fraser Valley on October 29, 1997, concerning a government news release announcing the...
The Speaker ruled that a government news release anticipating the passage of a bill was not a breach of privilege but warned the government against disrespecting the legislative process.
November 19, 1996
The Speaker: I thank the honourable member for St. Albert for bringing this specific point of order to the House. I listened with interest to what the parliamentary secretary had to say, both...
The Speaker ruled that he cannot judge the procedural acceptability of Senate amendments, as that decision belongs to the House of Commons itself.
February 29, 1996
The Deputy Speaker: Dear colleagues, before recognizing the honourable member for Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, I must rule on the point of order that was raised the other day. Here is the Speaker's...
The Speaker ruled that a government motion to create a mechanism for reinstating bills from a previous session was procedurally acceptable and could proceed to debate.
May 31, 1995
The Deputy Speaker: The form of the ruling on the report stage of Bill C‐76 will depart from the manner normally used in the House. Following consultations with representatives of the House...
The Deputy Speaker introduces a new, simplified procedure for presenting complex report stage amendment groupings to the House.