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November 13, 1967
The bill does not fall within the definition of a money bill which requires that a charge must be new and distinct, and effectively imposed. Any expenditure resulting from the adoption of the bill...
The Speaker ruled that a private member's bill was not a money bill as its expenditures were covered by an existing statute.
November 6, 1967
The House may refer the subject-matter of a bill to committee at second reading, but the Chair is not disposed to change the established procedure in order to allow the amendment in its present...
The Speaker ruled an amendment out of order because its condition to delay a bill's second reading until a committee reported was procedurally incorrect.
September 26, 1967
The proposed amendment constitutes a new question and cannot be considered an amendment to the original motion; the original motion was designed simply to delete an entry, whereas the amendment is...
A 1967 ruling found an amendment inadmissible because it sought to delete an entire bill, which was beyond the scope of the original motion to delete a single entry.
April 3, 1967
The amendments are now before the House in two forms: the report which was tabled and which is now officially before the House, and the amended bill which has been distributed. Distribution might...
The Speaker rules that the late distribution of an amended bill is a matter of convenience, not a valid point of order.
March 16, 1967
No private bill shall be studied in Committee of the Whole without a special reference. The House may make whatever decisions it wishes, but it would be "abnormal" to proceed with the Member's...
The Speaker ruled that referring a private bill to the Committee of the Whole without a special reference is an abnormal procedure contrary to the Standing Orders.
March 2, 1967
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading March 2, 1967 Journals p. 1479 Debates p. 13658 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-268, an Act to amend...
The Speaker ruled a motion to recommit a bill out of order as it sought amendments beyond the scope of the bill and its authorizing Ways and Means resolution.
March 1, 1967
The amendment under consideration is completely different from the one defeated earlier.
The Speaker permits a new amendment, ruling it is substantially different from a previously defeated one and allows for the recommittal of the bill.
January 17, 1967
The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole has heard the arguments for both sides of this issue. In his view, the amendment proposed is beyond the purport of the clause and also of the bill. In...
The Chair upholds a ruling from the Committee of the Whole that an amendment was out of order because it was beyond the scope of the clause and the bill.
December 20, 1966
The scope of the amendments allowed at third reading is more limited than at second reading; in this case, the proposed amendment is beyond the scope of the bill and is not actually included in...
A Speaker's ruling finds a third-reading amendment inadmissible as it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.
December 20, 1966
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading December 20, 1966 Journals pp. 1166-7 Debates p. 11427 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of Bill C-251, an Act to...
A procedural event concerning the recommittal of a specific legislative clause to a committee for further study.