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May 29, 1972
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading May 29, 1972 Journals pp. 337-8 Debates pp. 2639 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-201, an Act to...
The provided text is a title, not a Speaker's Ruling, and cannot be analyzed.
March 22, 1972
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading March 22, 1972 Journals p. 208 Debates p. 1058 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-7, an Act to amend...
The provided text is a heading concerning bills and committees, not a Speaker's Ruling, and cannot be analyzed as such.
December 30, 1971
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage December 30, 1971 Debates p. 10887 Background During consideration at report stage of Bill C-176, an Act to establish the National Farm Products...
Analysis could not be performed as the provided text is not a Speaker's Ruling.
October 4, 1971
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage October 4, 1971 Journals pp. 848-50 Debates pp. 8397-8 Background On September 22, during consideration at report stage of Bill C-244, an Act...
Analysis of the procedural concept of an 'amendment to an amendment' (subamendment), as the provided text was not a Speaker's Ruling.
September 21, 1971
The most recent precedent for the unusual and unused impeachment proceedings existing in the British Parliament dates from 1805, when a judgment in an impeachment case was rendered by the House of...
The Speaker rules that the British procedure of impeachment is not applicable in Canada due to the Senate's lack of judicial power and the procedure's obsolescence.
June 8, 1971
Rules of Debate / Repetition June 8, 1971 Debates p. 6475 Background On an allotted day, Mr. Lewis (York South) proposed a motion condemning the Government's agricultural policies and recommending...
The term 'Supply day' identifies a day of debate on a topic chosen by an opposition party as part of the government's process for seeking funds.
May 28, 1971
Given that committees sometimes study the same question for several weeks, "it would seem to be most impractical for the House to adopt the position that the membership of committees should not be...
The Speaker denied a request to return a committee report, citing the impracticality of freezing membership and the proximity of the Supply deadline.
April 20, 1971
Questions Related to Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown April 20, 1971 Journals p. 493 Debates pp. 5096-7 Background During private Members' hour, the Deputy...
Analysis based on the procedural concept 'infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown' as the provided text was not a complete ruling.
March 16, 1971
The proposed amendment does more than qualify or amend the main motion; it seeks to provide a basis for an entirely different debate. Furthermore, when the opposition parties agree on the choice...
The Speaker ruled an amendment to an opposition day motion out of order because it introduced a new topic beyond the scope of the original motion.
February 22, 1971
Reviewing the practice of the House since 1952, the Chair has had "little difficulty in establishing that Committees of the Whole and standing committees have in fact sat concurrently throughout...
The Speaker confirms the long-standing practice, supported by the Standing Orders, that standing committees and Committees of the Whole are permitted to sit concurrently.