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June 11, 1970
Motions in amendment or new clauses creating public charges cannot be proposed if a money resolution or ways and means resolution has not been passed. Furthermore, charges that are not covered by...
The Speaker ruled that amendments creating a new public charge are out of order unless authorized by a Royal Recommendation, upholding the financial initiative of the Crown.
June 4, 1970
It is a long-standing practice that an amendment on third reading has to be particularly relevant to the motion for third reading of the bill before the House and cannot deal with any matter not...
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible at third reading because it infringed on the financial initiative of the Crown by allowing a committee to request new expenditures.
May 21, 1970
The form and content of a motion to amend an interpretation clause must be consistent with the purposes given in that clause. One of the motions neither defines nor interprets any provision of the...
A Speaker's ruling finds amendments out of order for being substantive additions to an interpretation clause and for exceeding the Royal Recommendation.
May 21, 1970
"The guiding principle in determining the effect of an amendment upon the financial initiative of the Crown is that the communication, to which the Royal Demand of recommendation is attached, must...
The Speaker clarifies that a Royal Recommendation definitively sets a bill's financial scope, including its amount, objects, and purposes, which cannot be expanded by amendment.
January 29, 1970
According to established practice, "The guiding principle in determining the effect of an amendment upon the financial initiative of the Crown is that the communication, to which the royal demand...
The Speaker ruled an amendment out of order because it infringed on the financial initiative of the Crown by altering the original purpose of a recommended charge.
November 20, 1969
Section 54 of the BNA Act applies only to appropriations, not to the imposition of taxes. ''Assuming that the proposed fees are a taxation measure,... proceedings on the bill could continue since...
The Speaker ruled that a bill imposing fees was procedurally sound, whether the fees were considered a tax or an appropriation covered by the Royal Recommendation.
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.
November 13, 1967
The bill does not fall within the definition of a money bill which requires that a charge must be new and distinct, and effectively imposed. Any expenditure resulting from the adoption of the bill...
The Speaker ruled that a private member's bill was not a money bill as its expenditures were covered by an existing statute.
July 7, 1967
The amendment is a substantive proposition and raises a new question which requires notice. A more serious objection, although not raised in debate by Members, is that the amendment seeks to...
The Speaker ruled an amendment out of order as it was a substantive proposition requiring notice and involved expenditure without a Royal Recommendation.
December 10, 1912
Based upon a number of precedents, there are two possible remedies; either to obtain another recommendation amending the preceding resolution or to delete the inconsistent provisions of the bill....
The Speaker denied a point of order, ruling that a formal discrepancy between a bill and its Ways and Means resolution did not require the bill to be withdrawn.