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May 15, 1969
The requested document appears to have been tabled in the House as a return to a notice of motion for the production of papers. The problem seems to involve the description of the document. "It is...
The Speaker ruled that a dispute over the adequacy of a document tabled in response to a motion for production of papers is a matter for debate, not a point of order for the Chair to decide.
May 6, 1969
Despite the argument that the motion in amendment would, however indirectly, affect, amend or modify the original bill, there is a substantial difference between a proposed motion in amendment...
The Speaker permits an amendment, ruling that minor consequential changes to a bill do not make the amendment inadmissible.
April 29, 1969
The amendment would have been allowed as a motion in amendment had notice of it been given with the other motions filed for report stage. At report stage, however, the House is limited to debating...
The Speaker ruled an amendment to a motion in amendment out of order at report stage because it was not strictly relevant to the motion it sought to amend.
April 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage April 28, 1969 Journals p. 959 Debates p. 8068 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-150, an Act to amend the Criminal Code, the...
Analysis could not be completed as the provided text is only a title and not a full Speaker's Ruling.
April 25, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage April 25, 1969 Journals p. 947 Debates pp. 7969-71 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-150, an Act to amend the Criminal Code,...
A ruling on a point of order concerning whether debate or an amendment was irrelevant by going beyond the established scope of a bill.
April 16, 1969
The purpose of the clause which this motion seeks to amend is to provide certain exceptions to the law as stated in the Criminal Code. "The purport of the amendment is to delete the exceptions...
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible because it introduced new substantive matters beyond the scope of the parent bill.
April 1, 1969
Routine Proceedings / Motions April 1, 1969 Journals p. 880 Debates p. 7385 Background During debate on the motion for concurrence in the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Transport and...
The provided text is a heading related to committee reports and amendments and is not a Speaker's Ruling.
March 31, 1969
The established form of a committee recommendation dealing with legislative proposals is that the Government take into consideration the advisability of introducing legislation for a specified...
A Speaker's ruling clarifies that minor formal errors in a committee report may be overlooked, while substantive and constitutional arguments are matters for the House to decide, not the Chair.
March 31, 1969
''Allegations of misjudgment, or mismanagement, or maladministration on the part of a Minister in the performance of his ministerial duties [do] not come within the purview of parliamentary...
A ruling clarifying that allegations of ministerial misconduct are not matters of privilege but should be addressed through substantive or confidence motions.
March 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage March 28, 1969 Journals p. 863 Debates p. 7264 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-102, an Act to amend the Patent Act, the...
The Speaker rules that all debate and amendments must be strictly relevant to the scope of the bill under consideration.