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March 19, 1992
The Acting Speaker (Mr. DeBlois): The Chair was of course careful to check this technical aspect. The first speaker was for the Government and is deemed to have spoken, even if he did not actually...
The Speaker ruled that the mover of a motion is automatically deemed to have spoken, establishing the subsequent Member as the third speaker with a 20-minute time limit.
May 28, 1991
May 28, 1991 The Speaker: As honourable Members are aware, we have had a series of comments concerning a problem in the House. Unfortunately, it was impossible to produce a judgment with all the...
The Speaker allowed an unprecedented motion to reinstate multiple bills after prorogation but required separate votes on each bill to protect the rights of Members.
April 9, 1991
Mr. Speaker: On Tuesday, March 26, 1991, when Government Motion No. 30 to amend the Standing Orders was first before the House, the honourable Member for Kamloops rose on a point of order to ask...
The Speaker denied a Point of Order challenging amendments to Standing Orders regarding Supply days, ruling that the Chair lacks jurisdiction to interpret constitutional or statutory limits and affirming the House's fundamental privilege to regulate its own procedure.
December 13, 1990
The Speaker: On Tuesday, November 27, 1990, the honourable Member for Shefford raised a question of privilege related to a request he had submitted to the Board of lnternal Economy to fund...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, affirming the Board of Internal Economy's decision to refuse extra funding for the Bloc Québécois, stating that existing resources for all MPs are sufficient.
November 6, 1990
The Speaker: During Question Period on Wednesday, October 17, there was a demonstration in the gallery which occasioned a number of heated exchanges. The Chair undertook to consider carefully what...
The Speaker denies a question of privilege against a Member based on the principle of accepting a Member's word, but finds the gallery demonstration itself to be a prima facie contempt.
April 26, 1990
Mr. Speaker: On April 3, 1990, the honourable Government House Leader rose to contest the acceptability of certain amendments set out in the Senate message respecting Bill C-21, An Act to amend...
The Speaker ruled that he could not unilaterally declare Senate amendments to a money bill out of order, affirming it is the House of Commons' responsibility to defend its own financial privileges.
April 23, 1990
Mr. Speaker: On March 27, 1990, the honourable Member for(Kingston and the Islands) rose on a point of order to question the procedural acceptability of attaching a Royal Recommendation to the...
The Speaker ruled that a Royal Recommendation is required for a bill that alters the conditions of public spending, even if it reduces the total expenditure.
February 7, 1990
The Speaker: The honourable Member for Kamloops has raised a point of order in which he says it would be improper to accept the government's motion for closure. He makes four points in this...
The Speaker ruled that a government motion for closure was procedurally in order, clarifying that the Chair cannot rule on the constitutionality of the Standing Orders.
May 4, 1989
Mr. Speaker: [...] The essential issue that the Member for(Kingston and the Islands) puts forward raises the question: Does a supply Bill, because it contains the warrants issued in the previous...
The Speaker ruled that a supply bill containing previously issued special warrants does not require a new Royal Recommendation due to the provisions of the Financial Administration Act.
December 21, 1988
The Chair of Committees of the Whole: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised by a number of Members. In the point of order raised earlier today, the honourable Member for Kingston and...
The Chair ruled that a closure motion in Committee of the Whole can apply to clauses of a bill that have not yet been debated, based on historical precedents.