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December 10, 1973
If a vote on the non-confidence motion is taken before 9:45 p.m., the House would then have the opportunity to look at the procedural difficulties mentioned in connection with the notices of...
The Speaker ruled that motions for concurrence in committee reports must be deferred to a future supply day and cannot be considered on a day with a non-confidence vote.
June 26, 1973
Specific items in the Estimates may be debated as proposed in the motion of Mr. Nielsen. However, because the votable supply day motions have already been exhausted, there would be no vote on the...
The Speaker clarifies that on an allotted supply day where votable motions are exhausted, debate on the Estimates can occur but will expire without a vote.
March 26, 1973
It is not the business of the Chair to rule on points of constitutional law or to claim that the Government must resign. The issue of government resignation is not a point of order. As to the...
The Speaker denied a point of order on government resignation, affirming the Chair does not rule on constitutional matters.
February 7, 1973
Although the form of the notices is not the main issue, Members should present them in the form of notices of opposition instead of motions or amendments as such. "... until now... notices have...
The Speaker clarifies that notices of opposition to Supply can be dealt with before the final 'guillotine' and explains the procedural similarities for considering Supply on government versus opposition days.
June 8, 1971
Rules of Debate / Repetition June 8, 1971 Debates p. 6475 Background On an allotted day, Mr. Lewis (York South) proposed a motion condemning the Government's agricultural policies and recommending...
The term 'Supply day' identifies a day of debate on a topic chosen by an opposition party as part of the government's process for seeking funds.
May 28, 1971
Given that committees sometimes study the same question for several weeks, "it would seem to be most impractical for the House to adopt the position that the membership of committees should not be...
The Speaker denied a request to return a committee report, citing the impracticality of freezing membership and the proximity of the Supply deadline.
June 18, 1970
Government business is not reached until Orders of the Day are called. There is no conflict with the proceedings on supply even though Members anticipate that it may cause problems in the future....
The Speaker confirms that a motion properly moved during Routine Proceedings is procedurally acceptable, even if it might conflict with a future supply day.
June 8, 1970
Since government business has already been set aside to discuss a supply motion, it would be difficult to pre-empt consideration of the supply motion in favour of a motion for an emergency debate...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate, ruling that it could not preempt a scheduled supply day and was substantively a non-confidence motion.
May 4, 1970
"... the only way in which the Standing Order can be operated so as to work and make sense is to have agreement between... representatives of the parties in the House." In this instance, there has...
The Speaker permitted a vaguely worded supply day motion to proceed as a non-confidence vote but warned that future motions must more clearly express non-confidence.
May 15, 1969
There are two points to be made in declining the request for an emergency debate. First, the notice which a Member is required to submit to the Chair and which he reads to the House as his...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate, citing improper notice and the high procedural bar for interrupting an opposition Supply day.