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March 19, 1987
The Speaker: Perhaps the Chair could assist honourable Members. What has happened here is that pursuant to the Standing Orders, the honourable Member for Calgary West, as Chairman of the...
The Speaker ruled that Standing Orders only permit the committee chair to give a succinct explanation when tabling a report, and opposition members cannot comment without unanimous consent.
January 26, 1987
The Speaker: Before I call Orders of the Day, I have a ruling to make arising out of the debate which occurred on Friday, January 23, 1987. The honourable Member for Windsor West rose on a point...
The Speaker ruled that a blank space and incorrect date in a bill were correctable clerical errors, not fatal flaws, and ordered the Clerk to alter the bill.
June 17, 1986
Since the Opposition parties have indicated they would consent to allowing the Government's motions to be put to the House, it would not make sense to require the Government to go the whole route...
The Chair facilitated a procedural shortcut by using unanimous consent to put government motions to the House, as all parties had already agreed.
February 28, 1985
The report exceeds the terms of the Committee's order of reference. It is not in order to move to concur in a report which cannot be presented to the House. Unanimous consent cannot make the...
The Speaker ruled that a committee report exceeding its order of reference is out of order and cannot be regularized by unanimous consent.
February 11, 1985
Rules of Debate - Order and Decorum / Right of Reply February 11, 1985 Debates pp. 2219-20 Background On February 11, 1985, the House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill C-20 (Act to...
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December 19, 1984
The House, which is master of its procedure, made a decision on the matter. Had the Member been present during this proceeding, he could have denied unanimous consent to consider the motion....
The Speaker denied a point of order because it was not raised in a timely manner, affirming that objections must be made when an event occurs, not on a subsequent day.
November 20, 1984
In Canadian and British precedent there is no clear answer to the admissibility of a petition signed by both Canadian citizens and non-Canadians not resident in Canada. In October 1983 a petition...
The Speaker allowed a petition signed by both Canadians and foreigners to be received by unanimous consent, referring the general procedural issue to a committee.
February 14, 1984
Rules of Debate - Order and Decorum / Miscellaneous February 14, 1984 Debates pp. 1361-3; 1389-90 Background On an allotted day, Mr. Hawkes (Calgary West) quoted from the minutes of a meeting of a...
The Speaker confirms the rule that Members must clearly identify the source when quoting from a document in the House.
February 2, 1984
A letter, even though written as a private letter, becomes a public document when it becomes part of a record of a department, and therefore must be tabled on request if a Minister has quoted from...
The Speaker ruled that a Minister must table a private letter if they quote from it in the House, as it then becomes a public document.
October 17, 1983
The practice of the House is that if someone else but the one who has given notice of such a motion moves a motion, he must obtain the unanimous consent of the House. Furthermore, the authorities...
A ruling clarifying that a potentially debatable motion for concurrence must be moved by the Member who gave notice, not another, without unanimous consent.