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December 8, 1992
The Speaker: I thank both the honourable Member for Cape Breton—East Richmond and the honourable Parliamentary Secretary. I am going to remove the Chair from the position in which the Chair finds...
The Speaker denied a request to rule on the ultra vires nature of a bill, affirming that determining legality is solely the jurisdiction of the courts, not the Chair.
April 1, 1992
The Speaker: On Monday, March 30, 1992, the honourable Member for Cape Breton—East Richmond rose on a point of order relating to the omnibus nature of Bill C-63, An Act to dissolve or terminate...
The Speaker denied a Point of Order challenging the procedural admissibility of an omnibus bill (Bill C-63) on the grounds that established Canadian parliamentary practice permits such bills, and the Chair lacks authority to order their division.
February 5, 1992
The Speaker: I have a judgment to give on a question of privilege. I would like to advise all honourable Members that I am now ready to rule on a question of privilege raised on Monday the 3rd of...
The Speaker deferred a question of privilege regarding the late tabling of an Order in Council, ruling that the relevant standing committee must first investigate and report on whether contempt of the House had occurred.
November 28, 1991
The Speaker: On Friday, November 22, 1991, as the House was about to begin the third reading debate on Bill C-35, An Act to correct certain anomalies, inconsistencies, archaisms and errors in the...
The Speaker denied a Point of Order challenging the conditional nature of Bill C-35 at Third Reading, ruling that while the practice of amending pending bills was concerning, the House retained sufficient legislative remedies to proceed.
April 9, 1991
Mr. Speaker: On Tuesday, March 26, 1991, when Government Motion No. 30 to amend the Standing Orders was first before the House, the honourable Member for Kamloops rose on a point of order to ask...
The Speaker denied a Point of Order challenging amendments to Standing Orders regarding Supply days, ruling that the Chair lacks jurisdiction to interpret constitutional or statutory limits and affirming the House's fundamental privilege to regulate its own procedure.
March 20, 1991
Mr. Speaker: On Friday, March 8,1991, the honourable Member for Ontario rose on a point of order to object to the inclusion of items in the Supplementary and Main Estimates which would authorize...
The Speaker sustained a point of order, ruling that items in the Estimates cannot be used to create new legislative authority for senators' allowances or authorize multi-year spending.
October 25, 1990
The Speaker: I want to thank the honourable Member for Shefford for his comments, and the other Members—the honourable Member for Ottawa—Vanier (Mr. Jean-Robert Gauthier), the honourable Member...
The Speaker rules that the Chair cannot interpret statutes and that Standing Order 33 prevents a Member not belonging to a recognized party from replying to a Minister's Statement.
April 26, 1990
Mr. Speaker: On April 3, 1990, the honourable Government House Leader rose to contest the acceptability of certain amendments set out in the Senate message respecting Bill C-21, An Act to amend...
The Speaker ruled that he could not unilaterally declare Senate amendments to a money bill out of order, affirming it is the House of Commons' responsibility to defend its own financial privileges.
March 8, 1990
Mr. Speaker: On Monday, March 5, 1990, the honourable Member for Kamloops rose on a point of order to suggest that the debate on the budget be suspended and that the Chair review the Government...
The Speaker rules that the sub judice convention does not apply to bills, thereby allowing debate on government legislation to proceed despite a related matter being before the courts.
January 29, 1990
Mr. Speaker: There is agreement in the House, I understand, that I render a judgment now on a point of order raised by the honourable Member for Kamloops a few days ago rather than wait until the...
The Speaker ruled that a Ways and Means motion referencing a non-tabled document is procedurally acceptable, allowing the related tax bill to proceed.