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April 23, 2012
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on April 5, 2012, by the Member for Toronto Centre about statements made by the Prime Minister, the Minister of National...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege alleging Ministers deliberately misled the House on the F-35 report, finding insufficient evidence of intent to mislead.
April 3, 2012
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on March 28, 2012, by the Member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie concerning the Government's response to written question Q-410....
The Speaker ruled that an incomplete government response to a written question does not constitute a prima facie breach of privilege as the Chair cannot judge the sufficiency of answers.
April 2, 2012
The Speaker: I appreciate the Member for Windsor—Tecumseh raising this. I was here in the previous Parliament when my predecessor attempted to bring some kind of cohesive parameters as to what...
The Speaker clarifies that personal attacks are held to a higher standard during Statements by Members (S.O. 31) because there is no opportunity for the targeted Member to respond.
December 13, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on November 16, 2011, by the hon. Member for Mount Royal regarding the negative impact an organized telephone campaign...
The Speaker ruled that misleading phone calls to a Member's constituents, while reprehensible, did not meet the high threshold of a prima facie breach of privilege as they did not actually prevent the Member from performing his duties.
December 6, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on two points of order raised concerning disturbances in the Chamber. The first is the point of order raised on November 24, 2011, by the hon. Parliamentary...
The Speaker rules that disturbances in the gallery and on the floor, including applause during votes, are out of order and admonishes Members for encouraging such behaviour.
November 21, 2011
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Windsor—Tecumseh on November 14 regarding proceedings in the Standing Committee on Access to Information,...
The Speaker denied a request to intervene in a committee's demand for documents involved in a court case, upholding the principle that committees are masters of their own proceedings until they report to the House.
November 2, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on November 23 by the hon. President of the Treasury Board concerning modifications made to the transcript of the...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege regarding altered committee transcripts, ruling that the changes were normal editorial practice and a matter for the committee to resolve.
September 28, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on September 19, 2011, by the Member for Malpeque concerning a notice of proposed procurement in respect of the Canadian...
The Speaker ruled that a government procurement notice regarding the Canadian Wheat Board was a hypothetical planning document and not a contempt of Parliament for anticipating a legislative decision.
June 22, 2011
The Deputy Speaker: I am now prepared to give a ruling on a point of order raised yesterday by the hon. Member for Toronto Centre regarding a statement made by the Minister of Public Safety in the...
The Speaker ruled that a Minister's words were unparliamentary but closed the matter after the Minister provided a clarification.
March 9, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on February 17, 2011, by the hon. Member for Scarborough–Guildwood, stemming from the presentation of the Sixth Report of...
The Speaker finds a prima facie question of privilege against the Minister of International Cooperation for providing confusing and potentially misleading statements to the House regarding a funding document.