May 12, 2014
Hon. Andrew Scheer
Introduction of Government Bills: bill that implements an international treaty; Government policy on tabling of treaties
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on April 28, 2014, by the Member for Westmount—Ville-Marie regarding the procedural acceptability of Bill C-31, An Act to...
The Speaker ruled that the government's internal policy on tabling treaties is not a parliamentary rule, and therefore a failure to follow it does not render related legislation procedurally unacceptable.