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January 22, 1987
Mr. Speaker: I should bring to the attention of honourable Members that an application was made this morning by the honourable Member for Sudbury for an emergency debate. The Chair indicated this...
A Speaker's Ruling denies a request for an emergency debate concerning a minister's resignation, finding the matter important but not meeting the procedural requirement for urgency.
December 11, 1986
The Speaker: On November 6, 1986, the honourable Deputy Prime Minister rose on a point of order relating to the appropriateness of questions asked during Question Period relating to...
The Speaker ruled that questions about Order-in-Council appointments are generally permissible during Question Period even when the matter is before a committee.
December 9, 1986
The Speaker: I shall now deal with the matter raised by the honourable Member for Kamloops—Shuswap on November 21. I would first like to express my appreciation of the great care with which the...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege regarding an alleged bill leak, ruling there was insufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case.
May 28, 1986
Rules of Debate - Order and Decorum / Question-and-comment Period May 28, 1986 Debates p. 13746 Background During the question-and-comment period on a Member's speech, the Deputy Speaker...
The provided text is a heading concerning the procedural concept of recognition by the Chair and is not a ruling.
May 8, 1986
Questions to a Minister must involve ministerial responsibility in some way. It follows that questions of a purely personal nature are out of order. The borderline between what is personal and...
A ruling clarifying that Oral Questions must pertain to ministerial responsibility and the government decides which minister answers.
May 7, 1986
The Standing Orders specify only that a Minister of the Crown, or a Parliamentary Secretary speaking on behalf of a Minister, may speak in reply to questions during the Adjournment Proceedings....
The Speaker ruled that questions cannot be directed to committee chairs during Adjournment Proceedings as the Standing Orders only permit questions to Ministers or Parliamentary Secretaries.
April 21, 1986
It would be difficult for the Chair to rule on the quality of Government responses to committee reports in the same way that it is difficult to rule on the quality of questions or answers during...
The Speaker ruled that the Chair cannot judge the substantive quality of a government's response to a committee report, only its procedural correctness.
October 28, 1985
The report that brought in the proposal for questions and comments makes it clear that the intention of the ten-minute period is to allow a back and forth exchange between the person who made the...
This ruling clarifies that the questions and comments period cannot proceed after an adjournment if the original speaker is absent, as its purpose is direct exchange.
March 15, 1985
Rules of Debate - Order and Decorum / Question-and-comment Period March 15, 1985 Debates p. 3062 Background During the question-and-comment period following a speech by Mr. Waddell...
The Speaker addresses a point of order about a member monopolizing debate by reminding them of the rules of relevance and repetition.
March 14, 1985
The Standing Orders specify that a motion to adjourn is in order "unless otherwise prohibited in these Standing Orders". The ten-minute period following debate was brought into our rules not to...
The Speaker ruled that a motion to adjourn is out of order during the ten-minute question and comment period as that time is reserved exclusively for that purpose.