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December 4, 1973
"It is well-established practice that committee proceedings cannot be brought into consideration or debate in the House except by way of a report from the committee." It is also well established...
The Speaker ruled that committee proceedings and member conduct cannot be raised in the House via a question of privilege and must be presented through a formal committee report.
November 1, 1973
The House has concurred in a committee report recommending "that changes suggested by Members be confined strictly to correction of errors and essential minor alterations". The accepted practice...
This ruling clarifies that Members can only make minor corrections to the official record (Hansard), with substantial changes requiring a formal motion.
September 14, 1973
"It is long-established practice, going back at least 100 years, that there can be more than one motion on the same subject appearing on the Order Paper." When the House takes a decision on or...
The Speaker clarifies the long-standing practice allowing multiple similar motions on the Order Paper, governed by the rule of anticipation and House consent.
June 4, 1973
"... the rules... do not prohibit a Parliamentary Secretary from asking a question or from replying to one... [W]e have had the practice for some years in both instances... [T]he Standing Orders...
The Speaker's ruling confirms that established House practice allows Parliamentary Secretaries to participate in asking and answering questions.
May 29, 1973
It is "difficult to agree with the proposition that so-called unparliamentary language would be irregular when it refers to the conduct or statements of Members inside the House, but that the same...
The Speaker rules that the prohibition on unparliamentary language applies equally to a Member's conduct and statements made both inside and outside the House.
May 14, 1973
Rules of Debate / Miscellaneous May 14, 1973 Debates p. 3726 Background During second reading debate on Bill C-2, an Act to amend the Criminal Code, Mr. Reynolds (Burnaby-Richmond-Delta) sought to...
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April 11, 1973
If there is fault to be found with the wording of the report, it would be found in the passage which reads "... and to take steps immediately to enter into negotiations with the Indian people with...
A Speaker's ruling amends a committee report's wording from an improper instruction to a procedurally correct recommendation.
April 10, 1973
It is a fundamental principle of the parliamentary system that financial initiative belongs to the Crown. A long-established practice of this House is that committee recommendations requiring...
The Speaker rules that committee reports cannot directly mandate government spending and must use specific wording to respect the financial initiative of the Crown.
March 27, 1973
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage March 27, 1973 Journals pp. 218-9 Debates pp. 2663-4 Background As the House was about to begin report stage consideration of Bill C-147, an Act...
A ruling on a point of order regarding an amendment's relevance and its potential infringement on the Crown's financial initiative.
January 17, 1973
It is the long-established principle and practice of the House that any explanatory notes appended to a bill be brief and non-argumentative.
A ruling fragment establishes the principle that explanatory notes for a bill must be brief and non-argumentative.