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May 6, 1971
Questions Related to Content of Bills / Omnibus May 6, 1971 Journals pp. 531-2 Debates pp. 5585-6 Background On May 4, when beginning the consideration of the motion for second reading of Bill...
The provided text 'Omnibus' is insufficient to be analyzed as a Speaker's Ruling.
May 5, 1971
While it is correct as a general principle that a Member should not be impeded in the discharge of his or her parliamentary duties, this does not in itself create an obligation on the part of the...
The Speaker rules that an unsatisfactory answer from the government to a Member's question is not a valid point of order.
April 26, 1971
Points of order during Oral Questions may not be raised concerning a Member's dissatisfaction with the Chair's ruling on a question asked or an answer given. Members may, however, suggest that the...
The Speaker ruled that dissatisfaction with an answer during Oral Questions is not a valid point of order and should be raised during Adjournment Proceedings.
April 23, 1971
Though the effect of the amendment would be to stop proceedings on the bill, the amendment itself does not state an opposition to the principle of the bill, nor does it "indicate [the] reasons why...
The Speaker ruled an amendment to a second reading motion out of order because it set a condition instead of opposing the bill's principle.
April 20, 1971
Questions Related to Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown April 20, 1971 Journals p. 493 Debates pp. 5096-7 Background During private Members' hour, the Deputy...
Analysis based on the procedural concept 'infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown' as the provided text was not a complete ruling.
April 20, 1971
"... it would be imprudent of the Chair to project the question of police files beyond the circumstances or conditions raised by the... Member and beyond the particular circumstances alluded to by...
The Speaker ruled that while police files on MPs are a serious matter, a breach of privilege requires specific evidence of intimidation or hindrance of duties.
April 6, 1971
The Standing Orders are explicit on this issue: only Ministers of the Crown or Parliamentary Secretaries acting on their behalf are permitted to table documents. A Minister of the Crown is not...
The Speaker clarifies that only Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, not regular Members, are permitted to table documents in the House.
March 22, 1971
"Even if a Member feels very strongly about a matter... he has no right to violate the rules of the House, which command Members not to accuse another Member of the House of deliberately deceiving...
A ruling affirming that accusing another Member of deliberate deception constitutes unparliamentary language and will require a withdrawal or apology.
March 16, 1971
The proposed amendment does more than qualify or amend the main motion; it seeks to provide a basis for an entirely different debate. Furthermore, when the opposition parties agree on the choice...
The Speaker ruled an amendment to an opposition day motion out of order because it introduced a new topic beyond the scope of the original motion.
March 10, 1971
Previous rules allowed unlimited consideration of the Supplementary Estimates. Present rules restrict such consideration to a degree substantial enough to warrant the exclusion of items of a...
The Speaker rules that legislative changes cannot be made through the Supplementary Estimates and require a separate amending bill.