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June 11, 1970
Motions in amendment or new clauses creating public charges cannot be proposed if a money resolution or ways and means resolution has not been passed. Furthermore, charges that are not covered by...
The Speaker ruled that amendments creating a new public charge are out of order unless authorized by a Royal Recommendation, upholding the financial initiative of the Crown.
June 4, 1970
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading June 4, 1970 Journals pp. 937-8 Debates pp. 7737-8 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-144, an Act to...
A ruling that a motion to recommit a bill is out of order if its instructions are beyond the bill's established scope.
June 2, 1970
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage June 2, 1970 Journals pp. 910-1 Debates pp. 7613-4 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-144, an Act to provide for the...
A ruling was issued on a point of order concerning whether debate or an amendment was irrelevant by going beyond the scope of a bill.
June 2, 1970
According to the rules, a motion to amend, delete, insert or restore any clause in a bill must be printed on the Notice Paper no later than 24 hours prior to the consideration of a report stage....
A statement clarifying that substantive amendments at a bill's report stage require 24 hours' notice on the Notice Paper.
May 21, 1970
The form and content of a motion to amend an interpretation clause must be consistent with the purposes given in that clause. One of the motions neither defines nor interprets any provision of the...
A Speaker's ruling finds amendments out of order for being substantive additions to an interpretation clause and for exceeding the Royal Recommendation.
May 20, 1970
The Member questions the adequacy of current legislation with respect to abortion. It would be a questionable practice to initiate the consideration of amendments to statutes by way of debate...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate on abortion, ruling that the matter was not urgent and the procedure was inappropriate for initiating legislative amendments.
May 20, 1970
The nature of the question is out of order. Only questions relating to procedural matters (if and when a committee will be convened or will meet) may be directed to committee chairmen. Questions...
The Speaker ruled that questions to committee chairs are only in order if they relate strictly to procedural matters like meeting schedules.
May 14, 1970
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage May 14, 1970 Journals p. 807 Debates pp. 6985-6 Background During report stage consideration of Bill S-5, an Act to amend the Oil and Gas...
An amendment was ruled inadmissible for being beyond the scope of the bill and for setting a new condition.
May 4, 1970
"... the only way in which the Standing Order can be operated so as to work and make sense is to have agreement between... representatives of the parties in the House." In this instance, there has...
The Speaker permitted a vaguely worded supply day motion to proceed as a non-confidence vote but warned that future motions must more clearly express non-confidence.
April 29, 1970
The powers of a committee as set down in the notice of the motion for its appointment cannot be expanded by an amendment. When an amendment is irregular in any particular, the whole of it is not...
A ruling from April 29, 1970, confirms that an amendment cannot expand a committee's powers beyond the scope of the original motion.