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October 7, 2003
The Speaker: On Wednesday, September 24, the hon. Member for Yorkton–Melville rose on a question of privilege arising out of the previous day's Question Period, charging that the Solicitor General...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, ruling that a minister's statement about a $10 million 'carry forward' in the Estimates not being 'new money' was not misleading.
June 12, 2003
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on June 5, 2003, by the hon. Member for St. Albert concerning multi-year funding of the heating fuel rebate. I would like to...
The Speaker denied a point of order, ruling that multi-year heating fuel rebates were properly funded as ex gratia payments from an agency's operating budget, but criticized the lack of transparency in the estimates documents provided to Parliament.
June 3, 2003
The Deputy Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Government House Leader on May 29, 2003, concerning the procedural acceptability of the Third Report of the...
The Speaker ruled a committee report valid despite procedural irregularities, affirming that committees are masters of their own proceedings and objections must be raised in committee.
March 20, 2003
The Speaker: Before we go to Orders of the Day, I wish to indicate that I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised by the hon. Member for St. Albert on February 27, 2003,...
The Speaker ruled that the premature release of supplementary information related to already-tabled Main Estimates is not a breach of privilege.
March 18, 2003
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for St. John's West on February 26, 2003, concerning a change in the budgetary policy of the Government. I...
The Speaker ruled that a government policy change announced outside the House does not procedurally invalidate the ongoing budget debate or require the tabling of revised documents.
February 27, 2003
The Acting Speaker: I have listened very carefully to the arguments that have been presented. First, no rule of the House has been broken because, as Members know, embargoes are part of the...
The Speaker ruled that breaking an embargo is not a breach of House rules, as it is a matter of tradition, and directed the issue to be resolved by House Leaders.
February 6, 2003
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised by the hon. Member for Hochelaga–Maisonneuve on December 12, 2002, concerning the premature disclosure of the Report of...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, finding no prima facie evidence that two specific members were the source of a leaked special committee report.
February 6, 2003
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on January 27 by the hon. Government House Leader concerning written questions and the difficulties experienced by the...
The Speaker ruled that the Chair cannot judge the merits of complex written questions, only their form, and the government must either answer them or state why it cannot.
January 30, 2003
The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair): Before we begin Orders of the Day I have a statement arising out of the business of yesterday. When the House last considered the report stage of Bill C-13, An Act...
The Speaker clarifies that Members need not be in their seats to demand a recorded division and corrects a procedural error by restarting a sequence of votes on a bill.
January 28, 2003
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the points of order raised earlier today by the hon. Member for Mississauga South concerning report stage of Bill C-13, An Act respecting assisted human...
The Speaker reorganized report stage motions for Bill C-13 by splitting a large group into two to allow for more focused debate.