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November 20, 1969
Section 54 of the BNA Act applies only to appropriations, not to the imposition of taxes. ''Assuming that the proposed fees are a taxation measure,... proceedings on the bill could continue since...
The Speaker ruled that a bill imposing fees was procedurally sound, whether the fees were considered a tax or an appropriation covered by the Royal Recommendation.
July 24, 1969
It is acknowledged that "the report is not the report of the majority". At the same time, the parliamentary system does not recognize minority and majority reports, but only the report of a...
The Chair ruled that parliamentary procedure only recognizes a single committee report, not majority or minority reports, and the Speaker cannot substitute their judgment for the committee's.
July 24, 1969
While the closure rule as it now stands is not without "uncertainty and pitfalls..., all precedents support the view that any amendment or other motion that may be proposed to a main motion comes...
This ruling confirms that a single closure motion applies to a main motion and all of its related amendments.
July 11, 1969
The amendment is restricted exclusively to a reconsideration of Standing Order 75C and is thus very limited. The proposed subamendment goes beyond this by seeking "to do many things, one of them...
A 1969 ruling found a subamendment inadmissible because it went beyond the scope of the original amendment, violating the rule of relevance.
July 8, 1969
The point of order raised is not so much a point of order as a point of debate. "... it is not the responsibility of the Chair to rule on questions of law or on constitutional questions." If the...
The Speaker ruled that a point of order concerning a constitutional question was a matter for debate, not a procedural ruling for the Chair.
July 3, 1969
Arguments raised against the Government's motion are founded largely on the rule of anticipation. Unfortunately, Canadian precedents concerning this rule are not sufficiently clear and British...
The Speaker ruled that the rule of anticipation applies to the debate of a matter, not its placement on the Order Paper, thus allowing a government motion to proceed.
June 20, 1969
The Member's motion contravenes the principle that every provision may be isolated and dealt with directly at report stage. A complex motion dealing with several clauses of a bill inevitably leads...
The Speaker ruled that a single motion at report stage cannot address multiple clauses and must be divided for clarity.
June 9, 1969
In matters of privilege involving newspaper comments two conflicting interests must be taken into account: the privilege of Members to exercise their duties and the freedom of the press to report...
A question of privilege concerning a newspaper article was denied due to not being raised at the earliest opportunity and an improperly worded motion.
June 3, 1969
It has been long-established that budgetary information is made available to the press under the terms of the strictest secrecy some hours before the same information is made available to the...
A Speaker's ruling confirms that providing embargoed budget information to the press before the House is an established practice and not a matter of privilege.
May 15, 1969
The requested document appears to have been tabled in the House as a return to a notice of motion for the production of papers. The problem seems to involve the description of the document. "It is...
The Speaker ruled that a dispute over the adequacy of a document tabled in response to a motion for production of papers is a matter for debate, not a point of order for the Chair to decide.