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February 20, 1979
Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown February 20, 1979 Journals pp. 393-5 Debates pp. 3423-5 Background The Chair, having authorized presentation of a number of bills...
The Speaker ruled a private Member's bill out of order for violating the financial initiative of the Crown by proposing a new public expenditure without a royal recommendation.
November 13, 1978
The matter must be more than simply urgency of consideration: there must be an element of genuine emergency. "[A] transaction which... appears to be within the normal orbit of the purpose for...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate, ruling the issue was not a genuine emergency and other opportunities for debate were available.
November 9, 1978
Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown November 9, 1978 Journals pp. 130-3 Debates pp. 975-7 Background As the House was about to proceed to the second reading...
The Speaker ruled a private Member's bill out of order for infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown by proposing spending without a Royal Recommendation.
May 19, 1978
A ways and means motion which forms the basis of a tax bill is an expression of the financial prerogative of the Crown. Standing Order 60(11) requires that the bill or bills introduced pursuant to...
The Speaker ruled that a clause in a tax bill was out of order because it was not based on the preceding ways and means motion as required by the Standing Orders.
December 7, 1977
The first item sought to exceed and extend the sum of money to be paid to a particular Crown corporation according to the provisions of a statute. The second item sought an exception from a...
A Speaker's ruling found that items in the Estimates were out of order because they attempted to amend existing legislation, which requires a separate bill.
June 23, 1977
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage June 23, 1977 Journals pp. 1213-4 Debates pp. 7052-3 Background On June 21, during consideration at the report stage of Bill C-27, an Act to...
A ruling that amendments are out of order if they infringe upon the financial initiative of the Crown or exceed the scope of the clause being amended.
June 23, 1977
Under the umbrella of privilege, a Member has raised a matter of grievance and expressed a personal statement. This is a practice which is allowed under certain circumstances even though it does...
The Speaker ruled that a Minister acting through a solicitor to address critical material does not constitute a breach of privilege but is a matter for debate.
March 2, 1976
Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown March 2, 1976 Journals pp. 1080-1 Debates p. 11430 Background On a motion for second reading of Bill C-272, the Canada-Alaska and...
The Speaker ruled a private Member's bill out of order for violating the financial initiative of the Crown by proposing an expenditure of public funds.
December 20, 1975
Amendments cannot propose the spending of money without the benefit of a Royal Recommendation. Not even the unanimous consent of the House would be sufficient to overcome the objection. Amendments...
This ruling confirms that amendments are inadmissible if they propose new spending without a Royal Recommendation or go beyond the scope of the bill to amend its parent Act.
December 16, 1975
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage December 16, 1975 Journals p. 943 Debates pp. 10073-4 Background At the report stage of Bill C-69, an Act to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act,...
The Speaker ruled amendments inadmissible because they infringed on the Crown's financial initiative and were beyond the scope of the bill.