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January 30, 2024
The Speaker: While I am on my feet, I am also ready to rule on the point of order raised on December 12, 2023, by the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader concerning the...
The Speaker ruled that Standing Order 18 prohibits questioning a final decision of the House, but permits commenting on the voting records of individual members and parties.
June 14, 2018
The Deputy Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised earlier today by the hon. member for Edmonton West regarding the form of the appropriation bill to be considered later...
The Deputy Speaker denied a Point of Order challenging an appropriation bill's form, ruling that minor conditional wording additions were permissible as the bill was sufficiently 'based thereon' the Main Estimates, citing Speaker Jerome's precedent.
May 29, 2018
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on two points of order raised yesterday by the hon. opposition House leader regarding government Motion No. 22. I would like to thank the hon. opposition...
The Speaker ruled that moving a motion constitutes the beginning of debate, thereby validating the Journals and a notice of closure.
June 12, 2014
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on May 16, 2014, by the House Leader of the Official Opposition regarding the use of Standing Order 56.1. [9] I would like to...
The Speaker ruled that Standing Order 56.1 is for routine motions and cannot be used to issue substantive instructions to a committee, but declined to act on the specific instance as the objection was not raised in a timely manner.
February 10, 2014
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on February 6, 2014, by the hon. House Leader for the Official Opposition, regarding the form of Bill C-23, An Act to amend the...
The Speaker ruled that a discrepancy in a bill's summary does not render the bill out of order, as the summary is not technically part of the bill.
June 18, 2012
The Speaker: As the Deputy Speaker promised the House when she initially ruled on this matter, I am now prepared to rule substantively on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Winnipeg...
The Speaker ruled that for time allocation motions, a 'sitting day' is defined as the weekly average of hours for Government Orders, not the length of a specific day.
November 4, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Windsor—Tecumseh concerning ways and means proceedings on Bill C-317, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act...
The Speaker ruled that a Private Member's Bill removing a tax exemption for labour organizations was out of order because it was not preceded by a required Ways and Means motion.
March 12, 2009
The Speaker: The Parliamentary Secretary does raise a point but the first motion for concurrence was passed by unanimous consent, so there was not a second one moved in that sense. We had...
The Speaker ruled that a concurrence motion passed by unanimous consent does not prevent a second concurrence motion from being moved on the same day.
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.
November 7, 2006
The Speaker: The Chair is now prepared to rule on a point of order raised by the hon. Member for Scarborough–Rouge River on November 1, 2006, concerning Bill C-257, standing in the name of the...
The Speaker ruled that two similar Private Members' Bills could not proceed concurrently and created a novel solution by dropping the second bill to the bottom of the order of precedence pending a committee review.