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October 23, 1968
The rules and precedents indicate that Government Orders may be called only as the Government sees fit, and this is done by the Government House Leader.
A procedural statement confirming that only the Government House Leader can call Government Orders for debate.
February 22, 1968
The claim that the words "manufactured crisis" or "trickery" are in themselves libellous or slanderous cannot be accepted. "The fact that a statement is untrue does not necessarily form the basis...
The Speaker ruled that the terms 'manufactured crisis' and 'trickery' were not a prima facie breach of privilege as they were used generally and not as a personal attack.
April 1, 1966
Ample precedents support the view that "the Prime Minister can be asked whether a statement of policy made outside the House by a Cabinet Minister does in fact reflect the policy of the...
This ruling establishes that the Prime Minister is the appropriate person to question regarding whether a minister's statement made outside the House reflects official government policy.
March 11, 1966
Rules of Debate / Miscellaneous March 11, 1966 Debates pp. 2589-90 Background During discussion of a question of privilege [Munsinger case] relating to the account in certain newspapers of...
A description of the procedural issue of reading from a newspaper, which is generally permissible as quoting but not as a substitute for a speech.
February 18, 1966
Although this practice has been embodied in the rules of the House since 1965, the House should, in general, be guided not so much by the literal construction of the Orders as by what has been its...
The Speaker rules that established House practice allowing smaller party responses to ministerial statements supersedes the literal text of the Standing Orders.