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May 25, 2018
The Speaker: I thank the opposition House leader for her point of order. As I said previously, and it is very well established, that it is at the discretion of the Speaker to determine when he or...
The Speaker denied a point of order concerning the commencement of Orders of the Day, asserting the Speaker's established discretion to determine when enough argument has been heard.
May 25, 2018
The Speaker: I would like to thank the hon. member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie and the hon. member for Hull—Aylmer. There does not seem to be a consensus as to whether the motion could in fact be...
The Speaker confirmed a Government Business Motion was properly before the House and clarified that maintaining order and decorum requires the cooperation of members, as the Speaker serves only to guide.
April 23, 2018
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised earlier today by the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby concerning the applicability of Standing Order 69.1to Bill C-74, an...
The Speaker ruled that a budget implementation bill is exempt from omnibus bill rules requiring separate votes as long as its provisions were mentioned in the budget, regardless of their length or detail in the bill.
April 17, 2018
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on February 28, 2018, by the member for Mégantic—L'Érable concerning access to the galleries on budget day. I would like to...
The Speaker ruled on a point of order concerning gallery access interference on budget day, finding that the denial was due to Parliamentary Protective Service miscommunication rather than executive overreach, and committed to administrative improvements.
April 16, 2018
The Speaker: I thank the member for Lakeland for her intervention on this matter, which I know is of interest to many members in the House. I find that it does meet the exigencies of the Standing...
The Speaker granted the request for an emergency debate concerning the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, finding that the matter met the exigencies of the Standing Order.
March 29, 2018
The Deputy Speaker: The Chair is now prepared to rule on a point of order raised on March 21 by the hon. member for Carleton concerning information provided to the House by the Minister of...
The Speaker denied a point of order concerning a minister allegedly misleading the House about an infrastructure plan, affirming that the Chair cannot rule on factual disputes arising during debate.
March 27, 2018
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on March 2, 2018, by the member for Durham concerning the information provided to members of the press in a media...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege concerning the government withholding sensitive information, clarifying that the absolute right to compel document production belongs to the House via formal order, not automatically to individual members.
March 22, 2018
The Assistant Deputy Speaker: I would like to return to a point of order raised earlier today by the member for Barrie—Innisfil. He questioned the validity of the vote on Motion No. 92, given that...
The Assistant Deputy Speaker ruled that the temporary absence of a government motion's seconder during the putting of the question was a minor oversight, upholding the vote's validity based on the principle that government business reflects the will of the cabinet.
March 1, 2018
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on February 27, 2018, by the hon. member for Berthier—Maskinongé concerning the second reading of Bill C-69, an act to enact the...
The Speaker partially sustained a point of order, agreeing to divide the vote on the omnibus Bill C-69 under Standing Order 69.1 because one of its parts was sufficiently distinct from the others.
November 30, 2017
The Speaker: Order, order. We are early in question period, and we have already heard a lot from the member for Banff—Airdrie although he has not had the floor, and the member for Edmonton...
The Speaker named and removed the member for Banff—Airdrie (Mr. Richards) for persistent heckling and disorder during Question Period after ignoring multiple warnings.