December 11, 1969
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Recommittal; infringing on financial initiative of the Crown
The amendment contains a new principle since it would lead the Committee of the Whole to suppress a provision in the bill and substitute a new fiscal arrangement. "... the purport of the...
A ruling finding an amendment inadmissible because shifting a tax burden, even if revenue-neutral, infringes on the financial initiative of the Crown.