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April 14, 1969
A reasoned amendment would have to be declaratory of a principle in opposition to or differing from the principle, policy or provisions of the bill. The proposed amendment is not declaratory of a...
A proposed amendment was ruled out of order because it constituted a substantive motion proposing an alternative scheme, not a reasoned amendment opposing the bill's principle.
April 1, 1969
Routine Proceedings / Motions April 1, 1969 Journals p. 880 Debates p. 7385 Background During debate on the motion for concurrence in the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Transport and...
The provided text is a heading related to committee reports and amendments and is not a Speaker's Ruling.
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 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage March 28, 1969 Journals p. 863 Debates p. 7264 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-102, an Act to amend the Patent Act, the...
The Speaker rules that all debate and amendments must be strictly relevant to the scope of the bill under consideration.
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.
January 16, 1969
Among the conditions to be met in moving the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 26, both in its new and old forms, is that the subject-matter "must relate to a genuine emergency calling...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate on unemployment, ruling that the ongoing nature of the issue does not meet the 'suddenness' criterion required by Standing Order 26.
October 21, 1968
The proposed amendment does not oppose the principle of the bill but merely postpones consideration of the bill until a certain condition is met. Further, there is a substantial difference between...
This ruling clarifies that an amendment is procedurally acceptable if it postpones a bill's consideration based on a condition, rather than opposing its core principle.
March 7, 1968
No notice of motion is required because these resolutions are introduced in the Committee of Ways and Means. "Procedurally there has been no notice because nothing appears on the Order Paper...
The Speaker ruled that Ways and Means resolutions do not require prior notice on the Order Paper as they originate directly within the committee itself.
February 22, 1968
The claim that the words "manufactured crisis" or "trickery" are in themselves libellous or slanderous cannot be accepted. "The fact that a statement is untrue does not necessarily form the basis...
The Speaker ruled that the terms 'manufactured crisis' and 'trickery' were not a prima facie breach of privilege as they were used generally and not as a personal attack.