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March 31, 1969
The established form of a committee recommendation dealing with legislative proposals is that the Government take into consideration the advisability of introducing legislation for a specified...
A Speaker's ruling clarifies that minor formal errors in a committee report may be overlooked, while substantive and constitutional arguments are matters for the House to decide, not the Chair.
March 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage March 28, 1969 Journals pp. 863-4 Debates p. 7265 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-102, an Act to amend the Patent Act, the...
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible as it was beyond the bill's scope and infringed on the Crown's financial initiative.
March 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage March 28, 1969 Journals p. 863 Debates p. 7264 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-102, an Act to amend the Patent Act, the...
The Speaker rules that all debate and amendments must be strictly relevant to the scope of the bill under consideration.
March 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage March 28, 1969 Journals pp. 862-3 Debates p. 7263 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-102, an Act to amend the Patent Act, the...
The provided text 'Relevance' is insufficient to be analyzed as a Speaker's Ruling.
February 24, 1969
The rules permit third reading of a bill on the same day if the report from the committee does not include an amendment at the report stage. "It is only when there is an amendment proposed and...
A bill can proceed from report stage to third reading on the same day unless an amendment was debated at report stage.
February 13, 1969
In Committee of the Whole the motion is to adopt a clause. If, at that stage, a Member moves an amendment to delete a clause, it would constitute an expanded negative, which is contrary to the...
The Speaker rules that a motion to delete a clause at report stage is procedurally acceptable, unlike in Committee of the Whole where it would be an expanded negative.
February 7, 1969
This is not the occasion to speak on the general procedure followed by a committee of the House. If the Member "has a protest to make,... it should be made when there is a general debate on the...
The Speaker ruled that a Member's remarks at report stage must be confined to their specific motion in amendment, not general committee procedure.
February 3, 1969
''According to the Standing Orders, a question put during the daily Oral Questions may be answered either by an oral answer, by an order for return or by a ministerial statement on motions." The...
The Speaker ruled that tabling a document is not a valid new procedure for answering an Oral Question, but a minister may table a document under the separate rule for government papers.
December 10, 1968
While most major revisions of House rules have been considered in Committee of the Whole, there have been, in fact, a number of occasions when this has not happened. Rule changes can be adopted...
The Speaker clarifies they lack the authority to force the House to consider rule changes in a Committee of the Whole.
December 10, 1968
"... Members have indicated quite clearly... that there is a prima facie case of privilege and that it is the type of question which might be sent to committee." There may be a difficulty in...
The Speaker finds a prima facie question of privilege concerning the accuracy of a committee report, allowing the matter to be referred for committee investigation.