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December 20, 1973
The Standing Orders provide for a substantive proposition to be considered by the House. This cannot be done, however, by way of a recommendation from a committee studying a bill. "... there is no...
This ruling establishes that a committee studying a bill can only report the bill itself, with any changes being formal amendments, not separate recommendations.
September 17, 1973
Routine Proceedings / Motions September 17, 1973 Journals p. 558 Debates pp. 6641-2 Background During debate on the motion of Mr. McGrath (St. John’s East) to concur in the second report of the...
The provided text is a heading related to a committee report and an amendment, not a Speaker's Ruling.
April 11, 1973
If there is fault to be found with the wording of the report, it would be found in the passage which reads "... and to take steps immediately to enter into negotiations with the Indian people with...
A Speaker's ruling amends a committee report's wording from an improper instruction to a procedurally correct recommendation.
April 10, 1973
It is a fundamental principle of the parliamentary system that financial initiative belongs to the Crown. A long-established practice of this House is that committee recommendations requiring...
The Speaker rules that committee reports cannot directly mandate government spending and must use specific wording to respect the financial initiative of the Crown.
March 27, 1973
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Third Reading March 27, 1973 Journals p. 219 Debates p. 2666 Background During debate on the motion for third reading of BillC-147, an Act to amend the...
Analysis based on title only, as full ruling text was not provided; concerns a motion to recommit a bill for being beyond scope and the Royal Recommendation.
May 25, 1972
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading May 25, 1972 Journals pp. 333-4 Debates pp. 2574 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-211, an Act to...
The provided text is a title, not a Speaker's Ruling, and cannot be analyzed.
January 20, 1971
Amendments to Motions on Progress of Bills / Second Reading January 20, 1971 Journals p. 270 Debates p. 2609 Background During debate on the motion for second reading of Bill C-193, an Act to...
A procedural note indicating the subject matter of a Royal Recommendation was referred to a Committee of the Whole.
June 4, 1970
It is a long-standing practice that an amendment on third reading has to be particularly relevant to the motion for third reading of the bill before the House and cannot deal with any matter not...
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible at third reading because it infringed on the financial initiative of the Crown by allowing a committee to request new expenditures.
March 31, 1969
The established form of a committee recommendation dealing with legislative proposals is that the Government take into consideration the advisability of introducing legislation for a specified...
A Speaker's ruling clarifies that minor formal errors in a committee report may be overlooked, while substantive and constitutional arguments are matters for the House to decide, not the Chair.