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December 10, 2024
The Speaker: Colleagues, I am now ready to rule on a point of order raised by the Leader of the Government in the House on December 3, regarding the handling of certain oral questions. During...
The Speaker rules that questions during Question Period must pertain to government administrative responsibility to maintain its purpose of holding the government, not the opposition, accountable.
October 7, 2024
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes): The Chair has been informed that the member for Winnipeg Centre intends to move a motion. The Chair wishes to make a statement concerning the...
The Speaker ruled a motion to amend the Debates out of order because it constituted a prohibited appeal of a previous ruling.
October 1, 2024
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, by the member for Edmonton Griesbach concerning comments made during question period that same...
The Speaker ruled on a point of order regarding an alleged homophobic heckle, accepting the member's explanation of intent but inviting a withdrawal due to the disorder it caused.
September 26, 2024
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the points of order raised on September 18 by the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands and September 19 by the member for New Westminster─Burnaby concerning...
The Speaker rules that the Leader of the Opposition's personal remarks were unparliamentary and must be withdrawn to maintain decorum in the House.
April 11, 2024
The Speaker: Given the large number of report stage motions for Bill C-50, the Canadian sustainable jobs act, the Chair would like to explain some of the principles applied in the selection and...
The Speaker explains the decision to not select numerous repetitive report stage amendments for Bill C-50 based on procedural rules and precedent.
February 26, 2024
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised February 8, 2024, by the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader concerning the admissibility of amendments made...
The Speaker ruled that committee amendments to Bill C-318 were out of order as they exceeded the bill's scope and infringed on the Crown's financial initiative, rendering them null and void.
February 5, 2024
The Speaker: The Chair wishes to rule on a question of privilege. [English] This is about a question of privilege raised on December 4, 2023, by the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege regarding committee proceedings, ruling that debate had not been improperly terminated and affirming the principle of non-interference in committee matters without a formal report.
June 21, 2023
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised on June 20, 2023, by the chief opposition whip concerning the enforcement of the rules of decorum. In her intervention, the whip...
The Speaker upheld an Assistant Deputy Speaker's decision to bar a member from speaking for the day due to persistent heckling, deeming it a proper enforcement of decorum.
October 25, 2022
The Speaker: Following the presentation earlier today of the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Health on Bill C-31, an act respecting cost of living relief measures related to dental care...
The Speaker declared two committee amendments to Bill C-31 null and void because they infringed on the financial initiative of the Crown by increasing public spending without a royal recommendation.
February 17, 2022
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised yesterday by the House leader of the official opposition concerning today's statutory debate being held pursuant to the Emergencies...
The Speaker ruled that the Emergencies Act debate's 'without interruption' clause means it has priority, not that it overrides the House's normal daily schedule and adjournment times.