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February 3, 2011
The Speaker: The Chair is now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons on November 2, 2010,...
The Speaker ruled that Bill C-507 requires a royal recommendation because it alters the conditions of financial appropriations, infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown.
November 19, 2009
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on November 5, 2009, by the hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Government House Leader. The point of order dealt with the...
The Speaker ruled an amendment to Bill C-280 inadmissible because it increased public spending without a royal recommendation, thereby infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown.
May 6, 2008
The Speaker: Order, please. I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and for the Canadian Wheat Board regarding...
The Speaker rules that several report stage motions to delete clauses from Bill C-5 are admissible as they do not infringe on the royal recommendation.
February 26, 2007
The Speaker: On February 26, 2007, a point of order was raised by the Leader of the Government in the House to the effect that amendments adopted by the Standing Committee on Human Resources,...
The Speaker ruled two committee amendments to Bill C-257 inadmissible for exceeding the bill's scope, ordering them struck before report stage.
June 20, 2005
The Speaker: Before we resume debate on second reading of Bill S-14, An Act to protect Heritage Lighthouses, I would like to deliver a ruling on the point of order raised by the Chief Government...
The Speaker ruled that a bill to protect heritage lighthouses does not require a royal recommendation as potential costs are operational and not a new spending authority.
March 21, 2005
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule with regard to issues affecting two private Members' bills, Bill C-331, the Ukrainian Canadian Restitution Act, and Bill C-333, the Chinese Canadian Recognition...
The Speaker ruled that a private member's bill mandating the creation of a museum requires a royal recommendation, while bills mandating negotiations for financial restitution do not, as negotiation does not constitute a direct appropriation of funds.
March 11, 2004
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on February 26, 2004, by the hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government of the House of Commons concerning...
The Speaker ruled that a private member's bill increasing taxation by eliminating a deduction is out of order because it was not preceded by a Ways and Means motion.
October 29, 2003
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Kootenay–Columbia concerning whether Bill S-7, the Heritage Lighthouses Preservation Bill, violates the...
The Speaker ruled that a Senate bill concerning heritage lighthouses did not require a royal recommendation as it did not directly compel the expenditure of public funds.
March 20, 2003
The Speaker: Before we go to Orders of the Day, I wish to indicate that I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised by the hon. Member for St. Albert on February 27, 2003,...
The Speaker ruled that the premature release of supplementary information related to already-tabled Main Estimates is not a breach of privilege.
June 12, 2001
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Leader of the Government in the House on May 30, 2001, concerning the procedural acceptability of Bill S-15, An Act...
The Speaker ruled that Bill S-15, originating in the Senate, imposed a tax rather than a levy, violating the House of Commons' constitutional primacy on financial matters, and was therefore withdrawn.