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March 20, 1979
Precedence and Sequence of Business / Private Members' Business, Public Bills March 20, 1979 Journals pp. 549-53 Debates pp. 4345-7 Background On March 16, 1979 as the House was proceeding to...
The topic concerns public bills under the procedural heading of Private Members' Business.
November 13, 1978
The matter must be more than simply urgency of consideration: there must be an element of genuine emergency. "[A] transaction which... appears to be within the normal orbit of the purpose for...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate, ruling the issue was not a genuine emergency and other opportunities for debate were available.
November 9, 1978
The complaint was raised at the earliest opportunity. The letter from the Solicitor General to Mr. Lawrence can be considered a proceeding in Parliament for the purpose of privilege. A contempt...
The Speaker found a prima facie case of contempt, ruling that a minister's letter is a proceeding in Parliament and the sub judice convention does not apply to a Royal Commission.
February 18, 1976
Previous motions on this issue had made reference to the necessity of amending the anti-inflation legislation. The Chair took the position that such amendments ought to be sought in other ways....
The Speaker granted a request for an emergency debate on a Canadian Labour Congress decision, deeming it an important and urgent matter linked to legislation before the House.
October 22, 1975
Although "the House guards the confidentiality of draft reports at this stage of a committee's proceedings and the publication of such a report would raise the strongest suggestion that some act...
The Speaker denied a motion for one committee to investigate a joint committee's leaked report, ruling it procedurally irregular and lacking a specific allegation of misconduct.
June 3, 1975
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage June 3, 1975 Journals p. 597 Debates pp. 6407-8 Background As the House was proceeding to the report stage consideration of Bill C-50, an Act to...
A ruling affirming the principle that amendments infringing on the financial initiative of the Crown by proposing new or increased spending without a royal recommendation are out of order.