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November 10, 1969
Although the Standing Orders provide for the introduction of bills during Routine Proceedings, they do not allow for a motion to empower a committee to draw up a bill, nor is there any precedent...
The Speaker ruled a private member's motion to have a committee draft a bill out of order as it was procedurally unprecedented and exceeded the member's notice limit.
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 31, 1969
''Allegations of misjudgment, or mismanagement, or maladministration on the part of a Minister in the performance of his ministerial duties [do] not come within the purview of parliamentary...
A ruling clarifying that allegations of ministerial misconduct are not matters of privilege but should be addressed through substantive or confidence motions.
March 27, 1969
''At first blush", the matter was viewed as a question of the Member's rights as a former civil servant. This would tend to make the question one of a grievance against the Government. On the...
The Speaker weighs whether a Member's issue as a former civil servant constitutes a personal grievance or a question of privilege requiring the House's protection.
March 24, 1969
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading March 24, 1969 Journals p. 829 Debates p. 7055 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-173, an Act respecting...
A ruling confirming that a motion to recommit a bill is out of order if its instructions propose amendments beyond the bill's original scope.
January 27, 1969
The Standing Orders require a 24-hour written notice be given; therefore, it should be open to Members to file their notices for motions, bills or papers and written questions, just as it should...
The Speaker rules that a suspension of a sitting is not an adjournment, and therefore the 24-hour notice period for filing business continues to run.
October 25, 1968
"... as a matter of special importance and immediate urgency the whole of the Nigeria and Biafra situation has been referred by this House to a special committee." Normally, the Chair would not...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate on the Nigeria/Biafra situation because the matter was already being studied by a special committee.
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.
July 7, 1967
The amendment is a substantive proposition and raises a new question which requires notice. A more serious objection, although not raised in debate by Members, is that the amendment seeks to...
The Speaker ruled an amendment out of order as it was a substantive proposition requiring notice and involved expenditure without a Royal Recommendation.
May 30, 1966
The initial objections to the amendment made by the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole are sound. The amendment "goes beyond the scope of the clause", and, "adds substantially to what is being...
The Chair ruled an amendment inadmissible because it went beyond the scope of the clause under consideration in the Committee of the Whole.