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April 23, 2012
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on April 5, 2012, by the Member for Toronto Centre about statements made by the Prime Minister, the Minister of National...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege alleging Ministers deliberately misled the House on the F-35 report, finding insufficient evidence of intent to mislead.
April 3, 2012
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on March 28, 2012, by the Member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie concerning the Government's response to written question Q-410....
The Speaker ruled that an incomplete government response to a written question does not constitute a prima facie breach of privilege as the Chair cannot judge the sufficiency of answers.
April 2, 2012
The Speaker: I appreciate the Member for Windsor—Tecumseh raising this. I was here in the previous Parliament when my predecessor attempted to bring some kind of cohesive parameters as to what...
The Speaker clarifies that personal attacks are held to a higher standard during Statements by Members (S.O. 31) because there is no opportunity for the targeted Member to respond.
December 6, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on two points of order raised concerning disturbances in the Chamber. The first is the point of order raised on November 24, 2011, by the hon. Parliamentary...
The Speaker rules that disturbances in the gallery and on the floor, including applause during votes, are out of order and admonishes Members for encouraging such behaviour.
November 2, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on October 26, 2011, by the Member for Wascana regarding who ought to be recognized to answer questions posed during Question...
The Speaker ruled that it is consistent with practice to recognize a Minister to answer a question directed to a committee Chair if the Chair does not rise to respond.
March 9, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on February 17, 2011, by the hon. Member for Scarborough–Guildwood, stemming from the presentation of the Sixth Report of...
The Speaker finds a prima facie question of privilege against the Minister of International Cooperation for providing confusing and potentially misleading statements to the House regarding a funding document.
March 5, 2010
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on March 18, 2010, by the hon. Member for Scarborough–Rouge River, the hon. Member for St. John's East and the hon....
Speaker rules the government's refusal to provide uncensored documents on Afghan detainees as ordered by the House is a prima facie question of privilege, affirming Parliament's absolute power to demand information.
October 29, 2009
The Speaker: Yesterday, the hon. Member for Mount Royal called the attention of the House to what he considered to be inaccuracies in the Debates of Tuesday, October 27. As all Members know, the...
The Speaker ordered a correction to the official Debates (Hansard) after a Member pointed out a significant word had been omitted from a Minister's answer.
May 27, 2009
The Speaker: The Chair has heard enough. I must point out that there is virtually nothing in the rules about the content of Question Period. For example, there is nothing requiring each question...
The Speaker ruled that the order of questions during Question Period is determined by inter-party agreement among House Leaders, not by the Chair.
April 10, 2008
The Speaker: The Chair has notice of a question of privilege from the hon. Member for Charlottetown. Hon. Shawn Murphy (Charlottetown, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, on February 12 of this year, I, on behalf...
The Speaker found a prima facie case of contempt based on a unanimous committee report that a witness provided false testimony to the committee.