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March 20, 1979
Precedence and Sequence of Business / Private Members' Business, Public Bills March 20, 1979 Journals pp. 549-53 Debates pp. 4345-7 Background On March 16, 1979 as the House was proceeding to...
The topic concerns public bills under the procedural heading of Private Members' Business.
February 13, 1979
Motions without Notice Proposed under Standing Order 43 / Application of the Rule February 13, 1979 Debates, pp. 3164-6 Background On October 26, 1978, Mr. Hnatyshyn (Saskatoon—Biggar) rose on a...
The provided text 'Application of the rule' is too short and incomplete to be analyzed as a Speaker's Ruling.
May 19, 1978
A ways and means motion which forms the basis of a tax bill is an expression of the financial prerogative of the Crown. Standing Order 60(11) requires that the bill or bills introduced pursuant to...
The Speaker ruled that a clause in a tax bill was out of order because it was not based on the preceding ways and means motion as required by the Standing Orders.
December 5, 1977
Precedence and Sequence of Business / Private Members' Business, Notices of Motions December 5, 1977 Journals pp. 173-5 Debates pp. 1557-8 Background On November 7, Mr. Herbert (Vaudreuil) raised...
The text is a heading for the section on notices of motions within Private Members' Business.
June 27, 1977
The provisions of the motion endeavor to enlarge the scope of the measure by describing how the House is to examine the reports of the Auditor General. By providing for the composition of a...
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible because it went beyond the scope of the bill by attempting to alter committee rules and the Standing Orders.
June 29, 1976
Even if the motions to delete go against certain precedents, by apparently contravening the principle of the bill, they are in accordance with the Standing Orders and this "appears to give them a...
The Speaker ruled that motions to delete clauses are permissible under the Standing Orders, even if they collectively challenge the bill's principle.
February 26, 1976
There is no specific provision in the Standing Order which provides for the regular and orderly dealing with private bills at Report Stage. It is done by virtue of the fact that all those rules...
The Speaker clarifies that procedural rules for public bills at report stage, including notice requirements for amendments, also apply to private bills.
February 27, 1975
There is nothing either in the precedents or the Standing Orders which bears directly on the point of a Member of this House voluntarily appearing before a Senate committee. The Chair can find no...
The Speaker ruled that while Members can appear before Senate committees, they are strictly warned not to reflect on or criticize decisions made by the House of Commons.
April 16, 1974
The relevant Standing Order cannot be interpreted "as imposing an obligation on a Minister to table [such a] document".
The Speaker ruled that Standing Orders do not compel a Minister to table a document.
March 21, 1974
"The Speaker has no other responsibility than determining whether there is a prima facie question of privilege which later on could be submitted to the House in the form of a motion." The present...
The Speaker denies a prima facie question of privilege, ruling the issue is a grievance to be addressed through other parliamentary avenues.