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October 23, 1968
The rules and precedents indicate that Government Orders may be called only as the Government sees fit, and this is done by the Government House Leader.
A procedural statement confirming that only the Government House Leader can call Government Orders for debate.
November 2, 1967
According to the Standing Order governing supply, consideration of this matter must be terminated when the number of allotted days has expired. Since this is the last such day, the sitting must...
The Speaker states that on the final allotted supply day, the sitting must continue until business is finished unless a minister moves to adjourn.
May 11, 1967
The Speaker has the authority to suspend the adjournment proceedings in accordance with the Standing Orders. When the rules require that the consideration of the subamendment must be disposed of...
The Speaker confirms that adjournment proceedings are suspended when a vote on a subamendment is required by the end of a sitting.
May 10, 1966
"... this would be a very unusual, indeed unique, practice", since the Standing Orders provide that all private bills be automatically referred to certain committees. The Standing Orders are being...
The Speaker clarifies that referring a private bill to the Committee of the Whole is a unique practice requiring the suspension of Standing Orders.
March 15, 1966
According to long-standing practice, "a motion has to follow a question of privilege. The House cannot carry on a debate unless there is [a] question before it and, in the case of a question of...
A ruling clarifying that a question of privilege requires a motion to be debatable and only one can be considered at a time.
March 1, 1966
The Chamber is the sole judge of the lawfulness of its own proceedings, and "this holds even where the procedure of a House or the right of its Members or Officers to take part in its proceedings...
This ruling establishes that the House, not the Speaker, is the sole judge of its own proceedings and a member's right to vote.
February 22, 1966
''A motion opposing second reading of a bill must not anticipate amendments which may be moved in committee." A Member may move an amendment relating to the principle of a bill before the House,...
A ruling clarifying that amendments at second reading must address the bill's principle, not specific clauses which are reserved for committee.
January 24, 1966
Since it would be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for the Chair to examine each bill at this time, it is suggested that the House follow the procedure agreed upon in each of the past...
The Speaker proposed using unanimous consent to give all Private Members' Bills first reading and deferring the procedural review to a later stage.