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May 16, 2022
The Deputy Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the question of privilege raised on May 5, by the member for Simcoe—Grey concerning alleged ministerial interference in the Standing Committee on...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, ruling that ministerial staff involvement in committee report discussions is not contempt without evidence of improper influence.
May 5, 2022
The Deputy Speaker: Before we go to question period today, I would like to return to the points of order raised yesterday, May 4, 2022, concerning remarks made during Oral Questions. First, the...
The Speaker ruled that questions must concern government administration and cannot be used to ask ministers to comment on other political parties.
May 2, 2022
The Deputy Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the points of order raised on April 28, 2022, by the chief opposition whip and the House leader of the official opposition concerning, respectively,...
The Speaker ruled that a government motion suspending quorum calls was admissible but must be divided into three separate questions for voting.
April 25, 2022
The Deputy Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on March 31, 2022, by the member for Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman concerning the events reported in the third report...
The Speaker ruled that an alleged contempt from a previous Parliament cannot be revived in a new Parliament unless the House had already found contempt and imposed a sanction that was interrupted by dissolution.
February 28, 2022
The Speaker: Before proceeding, I would like to draw the House's attention to an unusual situation. [English] Members will note that a motion for revocation of the declaration of a public order...
The Speaker ruled a motion to revoke the public order emergency declaration moot and ordered it dropped from the Order Paper because the government had already revoked the declaration by proclamation.
December 16, 2021
The Speaker: The hon. member for Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston brought forward a point of order this morning, and it was a good one. I want to make a statement regarding the length of explanations...
The Speaker clarified that explanations during the introduction of Private Members' Bills must be succinct, lasting between 30 and 60 seconds.
December 9, 2021
The Speaker: Pursuant to the special order adopted by the House on November 25, the House will now use, for the first time in this Parliament, the remote voting application. Accordingly, before...
The Speaker provides instructions for the first-ever use of the new remote electronic voting application in the House of Commons.
December 1, 2021
The Speaker: Order, please. As this is the first hybrid vote of the 44th Parliament, I want to briefly outline the steps that will be followed for this type of vote. Before I read the question, I...
The Speaker outlines the procedural steps for conducting the first hybrid vote of the 44th Parliament.
November 29, 2021
The Speaker: Before proceeding to orders of the day, I would like to remind members that the use of props in the House and committees to illustrate a point or promote positions is contrary to our...
The Speaker issued a statement reminding Members that props, visual displays, and non-neutral masks are out of order in the Chamber.
June 7, 2021
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the multiple points of order raised on Friday regarding the time allocation motion for the committee stage of Bill C-10, an act to amend the Broadcasting Act...
The Speaker ruled that a five-hour time allocation motion for a bill's committee stage is procedurally valid and affirmed the Chair's authority to limit debate on points of order.