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April 9, 2008
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on a point of order raised on April 9, 2008 by the hon. Member for Scarborough–Rouge River concerning Bill C-505, An Act to amend the Canadian...
The Speaker denied a point of order against a private member's bill, ruling that the Chair cannot decide on matters of constitutionality and the bill was in the correct procedural form.
May 3, 2006
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on Thursday, April 6, 2006, by the hon. Member for Scarborough Southwest, alleging that public servants refused to...
The Speaker ruled that a Member's privilege was not breached by public servants' refusal to communicate during an election, as parliamentary duties cease upon dissolution.
March 25, 2004
The Speaker: I am also prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised by the hon. Members for Haliburton–Victoria–Brock and Scarborough–Rouge River on March 11, concerning the recording,...
The Speaker finds a prima facie breach of privilege in the media's publication of a secretly recorded confidential caucus meeting.
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.
February 4, 2002
The Deputy Speaker: Before I call for resumption of the debate I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised by the hon. Member for Provencher on Thursday, January 31, concerning...
A ruling affirming that committees are masters of their own proceedings and can decide how to handle an Order of Reference regarding unanswered Order Paper questions.
January 28, 2002
The Speaker: Before I deal with the hon. Member for Pictou–Antigonish–Guysborough perhaps he will want to hear what the Chair has to say because there is a new Standing Order in effect in relation...
The Speaker announces the first-ever automatic referral of unanswered written questions to standing committees under the new Standing Order 39(5).
May 28, 2001
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised by the hon. Member for Pictou–Antigonish–Guysborough concerning interference in the work of Information Commissioner John...
The Speaker ruled that an open letter from the Privacy Commissioner to the Information Commissioner did not constitute a contempt of Parliament as it lacked threats or intimidation.
February 15, 2001
The Speaker: We have a situation here where a report, which was prepared by an Officer of the House of Commons, [4] a person who reports to the House of Commons directly, has obviously been given...
The Speaker deferred a ruling on a question of privilege regarding a leaked report, directing the matter to the appropriate committee for investigation first.
February 13, 2001
The Speaker: The Chair will now deal with the question of privilege raised by the hon. Member for Sarnia–Lambton on February 6, 2001. The question of privilege concerned the departure from the...
The Speaker ruled that no prima facie case of privilege existed regarding the departure of two House employees, as it stemmed from a pre-existing labour dispute rather than their testimony before a committee.