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October 20, 1970
Since the Chair did not have the opportunity to examine each bill in detail, it is suggested that the House follow the procedure agreed upon in several recent sessions: by unanimous consent, all...
The Speaker outlines a process to grant private Members' bills first reading by consent while deferring scrutiny of procedural defects until before second reading.
October 7, 1970
The question of privilege seems to "have been raised prematurely in that the Standing Committee on Regional Development has not met for several months and will not meet again in this session. The...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege concerning a member's conduct, ruling it was premature and improperly framed as a general reflection rather than a specific charge.
April 6, 1970
The Standing Orders stipulate, and "it has been long established, that there can be only one emergency debate during the course of a session on one subject... [T]he circumstances would be very...
The Speaker rules that a second emergency debate on the same subject within one session is not permitted under the Standing Orders.
May 15, 1969
There are two points to be made in declining the request for an emergency debate. First, the notice which a Member is required to submit to the Chair and which he reads to the House as his...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate, citing improper notice and the high procedural bar for interrupting an opposition Supply day.
January 23, 1969
A bill must be read twice and referred to a committee before being amended, although a Member may move a reasoned amendment to the motion for second reading of a bill. The proposed amendment is...
A ruling clarifying that an instruction to a committee cannot be moved as an amendment at second reading but must wait until after the bill is referred.
March 11, 1968
A motion or question that is substantially the same as one previously decided cannot be offered again during the same session. The key phrase is "substantially the same" and, as the authorities...
The Speaker rules that a motion cannot be re-introduced in the same session if it is substantially the same as one already decided by the House.
December 11, 1967
Rules of Debate / Repetition December 11, 1967 Debates p. 5286 Background During the Budget debate, Mr. Lambert (Edmonton West) rose on a point of order to argue that Mr. Cote (Postmaster General)...
A motion is ruled out of order because it is substantially the same as a question already decided by the House in the same session.
December 6, 1967
The traditional practice restricting the introduction of amendments similar to others already decided by the House during the same session, if they are to apply to the Budget debate, does not take...
The Speaker allows an amendment to a second budget in the same session, ruling that the traditional prohibition on repetitive motions does not apply due to the novel circumstance.
November 14, 1967
"... it is not unparliamentary to suggest that a Member has had in his possession or has quoted a document which is not authentic if the Member did not know it was not authentic... There is no...
The Speaker clarifies that accusing a Member of unknowingly using a non-authentic document is permissible, but alleging they did so knowingly is a serious, unparliamentary charge.
December 13, 1966
The question is whether or not, in view of planned negotiations, there is an urgency for debate. As "there can be only one debate on a specific matter under Standing Order 26 during a session",...
Speaker denies an emergency debate request, citing a lack of urgency and the one-debate-per-session rule under S.O. 26.