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September 7, 1971
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading September 7, 1971 Journals pp. 778-9 Debates pp. 7572-3 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-262, an Act...
The Speaker sustained a point of order, ruling an amendment inadmissible because it introduced a subject foreign to the principle of the bill.
May 20, 1971
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading May 20, 1971 Journals pp. 568-9 Debates pp. 6021-2 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-238, an Act to...
The provided text is a title concerning the reference of subject-matter to an outside agency and is not a Speaker's Ruling.
May 14, 1971
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading May 14, 1971 Journals pp. 554-5 Debates pp. 5830-1 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-244, an Act...
Analysis impossible as no Speaker's Ruling text was provided, only a title.
May 14, 1971
An attempt to amend part of a bill anticipates the committee or report stage. A proper amendment at this stage would be either a six-month hoist or a reasoned amendment. Being neither, but a...
The Speaker ruled an amendment out of order because it improperly targeted a specific clause at second reading instead of the bill's principle.
May 7, 1971
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading May 7, 1971 Journals p. 534 Debates pp. 5613-6 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-244, an Act...
The Speaker ruled that a bill can be withdrawn by unanimous consent even after its principle has been approved at second reading.
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.
February 8, 1971
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading February 8, 1971 Journals pp. 312-3 Debates p. 3153 Background On November 30, 1970, during debate on a motion for second reading of...
The provided text is an incomplete fragment and cannot be analyzed as a Speaker's Ruling.
November 27, 1970
The amendment in question opposes the progress of the bill, not its principle. It is not, therefore, a reasoned amendment. The amendment should be relevant to the bill and not bring into the...
The Speaker ruled an amendment to a bill out of order because its subject matter was not relevant to the bill itself.
November 24, 1970
''A bill such as this one, which deals with individual rights and fundamental freedoms, should be discussed as freely as possible and should be given the benefit of the liberal interpretation of...
The Speaker permits a procedurally questionable third-reading amendment to recommit a bill, citing the bill's focus on rights and the will of the House.
June 9, 1970
The amendment seeks to introduce a new declaration of principle, thereby going beyond the terms of the bill, and is a new proposition. Amendments at third reading cannot deal with any matter which...
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible at third reading because it introduced a new principle, going beyond the scope of the bill.