Search thousands of Speaker's rulings with AI-powered precision.
December 20, 1983
A motion to adjourn the House "is not in order since the House is operating under an order which stipulates that all votes pertaining to certain questions should be put at six o'clock".......
A Speaker's ruling clarifies that a motion to adjourn is out of order when a special order for a scheduled vote is in effect, as only a Minister can move adjournment in that situation.
January 25, 1983
The Standing Orders do not require that the seconder be a Minister of the Crown. Only a Minister may move a Government motion, but any Member may second such a motion. The motion is thus in order...
The Speaker ruled that any Member, not just a Minister, is permitted to second a Government motion.
April 7, 1981
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage April 7, 1981 Journals p. 1671 Debates p. 9052 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-42, An Act to establish the Canada Post...
This is not a ruling but a description of the constitutional principle that reserves the right to initiate financial legislation to the Crown (the government).
December 1, 1980
Under Standing Order 15(2), any Member who is not a Minister of the Crown may move such a motion. That is the only limitation placed on Standing Order 43, and there are many precedents indicating...
The Speaker confirms that Parliamentary Secretaries are allowed to move motions under Standing Order 43 because they are not Ministers of the Crown.
June 6, 1980
Questions Related to Content of Bills / Miscellaneous June 6, 1980 Journals pp. 244-5 Debates pp. 1862-3 Background During the period set aside for consideration of Private Members' Business, Mr....
The provided text is a title or concept related to the financial initiative of the Crown, not a complete Speaker's Ruling.
February 20, 1979
Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown February 20, 1979 Journals pp. 393-5 Debates pp. 3423-5 Background The Chair, having authorized presentation of a number of bills...
The Speaker ruled a private Member's bill out of order for violating the financial initiative of the Crown by proposing a new public expenditure without a royal recommendation.
November 13, 1978
The matter must be more than simply urgency of consideration: there must be an element of genuine emergency. "[A] transaction which... appears to be within the normal orbit of the purpose for...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate, ruling the issue was not a genuine emergency and other opportunities for debate were available.
November 9, 1978
Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown November 9, 1978 Journals pp. 130-3 Debates pp. 975-7 Background As the House was about to proceed to the second reading...
The Speaker ruled a private Member's bill out of order for infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown by proposing spending without a Royal Recommendation.
May 19, 1978
A ways and means motion which forms the basis of a tax bill is an expression of the financial prerogative of the Crown. Standing Order 60(11) requires that the bill or bills introduced pursuant to...
The Speaker ruled that a clause in a tax bill was out of order because it was not based on the preceding ways and means motion as required by the Standing Orders.
December 7, 1977
The first item sought to exceed and extend the sum of money to be paid to a particular Crown corporation according to the provisions of a statute. The second item sought an exception from a...
A Speaker's ruling found that items in the Estimates were out of order because they attempted to amend existing legislation, which requires a separate bill.