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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.
January 26, 1967
The Chair has no authority to remove one of two similar items on the Order Paper. This action should be taken by a Minister of the Crown. When the special joint committee reports to the House, an...
The Speaker ruled that only a Minister, not the Chair, can initiate the removal of a duplicate item from the Order Paper.
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
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.
October 18, 1966
The Chair must rule on two points in the case. First, the motion goes beyond the scope of the limited question of privilege raised by Mr. Nugent and revives a point concerning the fact of the...
The Chair denied a question of privilege, ruling the motion was improperly substantive and the minister's words did not meet the prima facie threshold for a breach.
October 12, 1966
This question has been raised several times during the present session. In this instance the decision must be made not on the question of whether there is a prima facie case of privilege, but as...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege because it was not raised at the earliest possible opportunity.
September 7, 1966
A bill cannot be referred to a committee before it has been read a second time. The phrase "without prejudice to further proceeding to the said bill later this session" is unclear. Since the...
A ruling clarifying that an amendment cannot both approve a bill's principle at second reading and refer its subject-matter to a committee.
August 30, 1966
While the subamendment does not anticipate the committee stage, it enlarges the scope of the amendment. Although subamendments should deal with matters not covered by the amendment, this...
The Speaker ruled a subamendment out of order because it improperly enlarged the scope of the main amendment.
August 30, 1966
Opposition to the principle of a bill is only one criterion required for an acceptable reasoned amendment. A reasoned amendment can also express opinions on any circumstances connected with the...
The Speaker ruled that a reasoned amendment was acceptable because it met the necessary criteria and did not go into excessive detail about the bill's provisions.
May 30, 1966
The initial objections to the amendment made by the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole are sound. The amendment "goes beyond the scope of the clause", and, "adds substantially to what is being...
The Chair ruled an amendment inadmissible because it went beyond the scope of the clause under consideration in the Committee of the Whole.