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March 18, 1982
Precedence and Sequence of Business / Superseding Motion March 18, 1982 Debates pp. 15555-7 Background On March 2, immediately after Government orders were called, the Speaker rendered her...
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February 8, 1982
The provision in our Standing Orders that deals with statements by Ministers is permissive, not mandatory. It says very clearly that a Minister may make a statement on a matter of policy or any...
The Speaker ruled that Standing Orders are permissive, not mandatory, regarding ministerial statements, and thus cannot compel a minister to make an announcement in the House.
November 17, 1981
A Minister may be expected to answer to the House for the acts of his officials, but the Government is not responsible for the acts or statements of a Royal Commission. Furthermore, even though...
The Speaker ruled that the government is not responsible for the statements of a Royal Commission, even if it finds a government answer was false, provided there was no malicious intent.
October 29, 1980
To amount to contempt, statements relating to proceedings of the House or the participation of Members should not only be erroneous, but rather they should be deliberately incorrect and improper...
A ruling clarifying that for a statement about House proceedings to be considered contempt, it must be deliberately false and deceitful, not just incorrect.
July 11, 1980
The interventions heard during this debate on the alleged question of privilege clearly established that the question was in no way founded on a breach of our rules but rather one of the common...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, confirming that a Minister's procedure for tabling a Ways and Means motion was in order and an accompanying statement was optional.
June 17, 1980
There is nothing to suggest that the letter being circulated among the various branches impeded Members in the normal performance of their duties in the House, or that the information collected...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, finding no evidence that a bank's letter requesting information on MPs impeded their parliamentary duties.
October 11, 1979
The Speaker: On June 1, 1994, the honourable member for Winnipeg—Transcona raised a point of order concerning the designation of party status for members of the New Democratic Party. I would like...
The Speaker ruled that the House, not the Chair, must decide on granting official party status, but used his discretion to seat the NDP caucus together on the seating plan.
December 5, 1977
On close technical grounds the motion can be ruled unacceptable because it is too general to qualify as a question of privilege. Members did not consider carefully enough that the judge's comments...
The Speaker denies a question of privilege concerning a judge's comments, ruling the motion too general and the comments outside the scope of parliamentary privilege.
June 23, 1977
In these situations, the practice of resorting to a question of privilege has become customary. It permits a Member to make what is essentially a personal statement under the umbrella of privilege...
The Speaker rules that personal attacks do not meet the threshold for a question of privilege unless they obstruct a Member's parliamentary duties.
June 23, 1977
Under the umbrella of privilege, a Member has raised a matter of grievance and expressed a personal statement. This is a practice which is allowed under certain circumstances even though it does...
The Speaker ruled that a Minister acting through a solicitor to address critical material does not constitute a breach of privilege but is a matter for debate.