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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.
November 10, 1967
The question raised by Mr. Gregoire is a point of order rather than a question of privilege. The words used by Mr. Thompson were unparliamentary and should not have been used under the guise of a...
A Speaker's ruling sustains a point of order, finding that a Member used unparliamentary language to make a charge against another Member during a question.
October 25, 1967
The Member's complaint is a grievance and not a question of privilege. The remarks of the Bank chairman "relate more particularly to the Government than to the personal conduct of Members in the...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, ruling that a complaint about a Bank chairman's remarks was a political grievance against the government, not an impediment to Members' duties.
March 15, 1967
While the irregularity in the Estimates may be a matter of dispute, the role of the Chair is limited to determining if the issue should be given priority over other business byway of a question of...
The Speaker ruled that an irregularity in the Estimates is a matter for debate on supply, not a prima facie question of privilege.
October 24, 1966
In such an instance as this, it is not necessary for the Speaker to decide if a breach of privilege has been committed, but to decide if the complaint was raised at the earliest opportunity, and...
The Speaker ruled that a prima facie question of privilege regarding reflections on a Member was established and allowed the corresponding motion to proceed.
October 12, 1966
This question has been raised several times during the present session. In this instance the decision must be made not on the question of whether there is a prima facie case of privilege, but as...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege because it was not raised at the earliest possible opportunity.
May 10, 1966
In order to constitute a breach of privilege, the libel must be based on matters arising from the actual transaction of the business of the House. Since this is not the case in this situation,...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege because the alleged libel did not relate to House business and was not raised at the earliest opportunity.
March 15, 1966
The motion is similar to three previous motions on privilege ruled out of order last week. The motion before the House is not one of privilege: it proposes the establishment of a special...
The Speaker denied a motion presented as a question of privilege, ruling it was a substantive motion requiring notice.
March 15, 1966
According to long-standing practice, "a motion has to follow a question of privilege. The House cannot carry on a debate unless there is [a] question before it and, in the case of a question of...
A ruling clarifying that a question of privilege requires a motion to be debatable and only one can be considered at a time.
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.