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June 2, 1970
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage June 2, 1970 Journals pp. 910-1 Debates pp. 7613-4 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-144, an Act to provide for the...
A ruling was issued on a point of order concerning whether debate or an amendment was irrelevant by going beyond the scope of a bill.
May 12, 1969
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading May 12, 1969 Journals p. 1024 Debates pp. 8602, 8605 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-150, an Act to...
A ruling on the procedural admissibility of a motion to recommit a bill, focusing on whether the instructions to the committee exceeded the bill's scope.
May 12, 1969
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading May 12, 1969 Journals p. 1024 Debates p. 8595 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-150, an Act to amend the...
Analysis could not be completed as the provided text is a procedural heading, not a Speaker's Ruling.
April 25, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage April 25, 1969 Journals p. 947 Debates pp. 7969-71 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-150, an Act to amend the Criminal Code,...
A ruling on a point of order concerning whether debate or an amendment was irrelevant by going beyond the established scope of a bill.
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.
May 3, 1967
"Generally speaking... it is irregular to refer to the proceedings or the evidence taken in a committee." It might well be that the procedure followed in the committee was not exactly in...
The Speaker ruled that procedural issues arising in a committee must be resolved within that committee and cannot be appealed to the House.
December 20, 1966
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading December 20, 1966 Journals pp. 1166-7 Debates p. 11427 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-251, an Act to...
A procedural event concerning the recommittal of a specific legislative clause to a committee for further study.
April 25, 1966
It is not the responsibility of the Speaker to give a decision upon a constitutional or legal question. The Chair does have the duty, however, to determine whether the bill interferes with the...
The Speaker ruled that a Private Member's bill on pardons could be introduced as it did not procedurally infringe on the royal prerogative at this stage.
April 22, 1966
Rules of Debate / Miscellaneous April 22, 1966 Journals p. 431 Debates p. 4210 Background During debate on the motion that the House resolve itself into Committee of Ways and Means, Mr. Sharp...
Analysis not possible as the provided text 'Right of reply' is a procedural term, not a complete Speaker's Ruling.
March 31, 1966
Rules of Debate / Relevance March 31, 1966 Debates pp. 3676-7 Background During Private Members' Business, the House resumed the debate on a motion by Mr. Orlikow (Winnipeg North), moved on...
Analysis failed as the provided text is a procedural term, not a Speaker's Ruling.