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February 25, 1981
There is no question of privilege because Members' duties do not expressly require them to attend press lock-ups. Furthermore, if the denial of entry put the Member at a disadvantage, it is a...
The Speaker ruled that being denied entry to a press lock-up is not a breach of privilege as it is not an express duty of a Member.
July 11, 1980
The parent act was in fact initiated by both a Ways and Means motion and notice of motion for introduction with an accompanying royal recommendation, although the provision of the parent act which...
The Speaker rules that the Chair cannot pronounce on the legality of a Minister's actions, only their procedural correctness under the Standing Orders.
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.
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.
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.
November 9, 1978
Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown November 9, 1978 Journals pp. 130-3 Debates pp. 975-7 Background As the House was about to proceed to the second reading...
The Speaker ruled a private Member's bill out of order for infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown by proposing spending without a Royal Recommendation.
March 22, 1977
A supply item ought not to be used to obtain authority which is the proper subject of legislation. There is need for a more appropriate procedure to consider this matter; one which will permit an...
The Chair ruled that supply items cannot be used for matters requiring legislation, but allowed the specific items in question to stand without setting a precedent.
April 9, 1976
It must be understood that questions of privilege are not confined to incidents which take place in the House; they can arise from elsewhere as well, including committees. This specific case,...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, clarifying that committee disagreements are points of order and press criticism does not breach privilege.
April 6, 1976
"Standing committees are and must remain the masters of their own procedure". For many years in this House the Chair has refrained from sitting in appeal on procedural decisions taken in standing...
The Speaker affirms the principle that standing committees control their own procedures and the Chair will not hear appeals from their decisions.
March 4, 1976
Even if some motions may offend procedure by being expanded negatives, that does not give the Speaker the right to rule on all of them at the same time. If some are out of order, they will be set...
The Speaker rules that multiple motions in amendment, even if potentially out of order, must be considered individually rather than being dismissed as a group.