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November 20, 1984
In Canadian and British precedent there is no clear answer to the admissibility of a petition signed by both Canadian citizens and non-Canadians not resident in Canada. In October 1983 a petition...
The Speaker allowed a petition signed by both Canadians and foreigners to be received by unanimous consent, referring the general procedural issue to a committee.
June 18, 1984
Rules of Debate - Order and Decorum / Miscellaneous June 18, 1984 Debates pp. 4736-7 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-9, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, Mr....
The Speaker affirms the parliamentary rule that a Member may only speak once to any given motion.
June 14, 1984
The role of the Speaker in relation to report stage is twofold. The Speaker has the power to select motions to be put to the House and he has the power to group motions either for debate or for...
The Speaker rules to group motions to delete clauses with related amending motions at report stage, accepting the arguments of the Member for Burnaby.
June 13, 1984
Beauchesne and precedents of the House dictate that a committee of the House, whose order of reference is a bill, has no authority to report anything to the House except the bill itself.. Sources...
This ruling establishes that a committee studying a bill is only permitted to report the bill itself back to the House.
June 12, 1984
The presentation of numerous petitions all dealing with the same subject matter can be a very time consuming procedure, and the general practice of the House is for Members to file their petitions...
The Chair rules that to save time, numerous similar petitions should be filed with the Clerk rather than presented orally in the House.
June 8, 1984
"For the purpose of clarifying the rules, to move that a Member be heard there must be a motion before the House and a debate. At the present time there is no motion before the House."
The Speaker ruled that the motion 'that a Member be now heard' is only in order during an active debate on another motion.
June 8, 1984
Standing Order 30 does not provide for debate on problems of a chronic nature. Applications for emergency debate on the unemployment situation have been turned down on these grounds on numerous...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate on unemployment, citing the chronic nature of the problem and the availability of other debate opportunities.
June 5, 1984
When the Opposition parties are not in agreement on how to divide the available allotted days between them, the Chair must decide how they are to be split and on what basis the split is to be...
The Speaker rules that the Chair must decide the allocation of Opposition supply days when the parties disagree and appeals to a committee for clearer rules.
May 31, 1984
The selection of Mr. Beatty's motion is based on fair play and impartiality. The three Supply periods provide for twenty-five allotted days, six of which can end in a vote of non-confidence. In...
The Speaker rules that the selection of non-confidence motions during Supply is based on fairness to all opposition parties, not the exclusive right of the Official Opposition.
May 29, 1984
Rules of Debate - Order and Decorum / Miscellaneous May 29, 1984 Debates pp. 4175-6 Background When the House proceeded to the consideration of Private Members' Business, Mr. Baker...
The Speaker ruled a motion out of order as it violated the 'same question' rule by being substantially similar to a bill already decided in the same session.