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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 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 7, 1969
The rule of anticipation becomes operative only when one of two similar motions on the Order Paper is actually proceeded with. If the motion respecting the committee report had been moved, it...
The Speaker ruled that a Minister's motion could proceed because the rule of anticipation only applies if a similar, preceding motion on the Order Paper has actually been moved.
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.
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.
May 6, 1969
Despite the argument that the motion in amendment would, however indirectly, affect, amend or modify the original bill, there is a substantial difference between a proposed motion in amendment...
The Speaker permits an amendment, ruling that minor consequential changes to a bill do not make the amendment inadmissible.
April 29, 1969
The amendment would have been allowed as a motion in amendment had notice of it been given with the other motions filed for report stage. At report stage, however, the House is limited to debating...
The Speaker ruled an amendment to a motion in amendment out of order at report stage because it was not strictly relevant to the motion it sought to amend.
April 28, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage April 28, 1969 Journals p. 959 Debates p. 8068 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-150, an Act to amend the Criminal Code, the...
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April 25, 1969
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage April 25, 1969 Journals p. 947 Debates pp. 7969-71 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-150, an Act to amend the Criminal Code,...
A ruling on a point of order concerning whether debate or an amendment was irrelevant by going beyond the established scope of a bill.