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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.
November 20, 2023
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on November 2, 2023, by the member for New Westminster—Burnaby concerning the admissibility of questions asked during Oral...
The Speaker ruled that oral questions must quickly and directly relate to the government's administrative responsibility, warning that irrelevant preambles or questions to non-ministers risk being cut off.
November 8, 2018
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on November 1, by the hon. member for Berthier—Maskinongé concerning the response to the New Democratic Party Vice-Chair of the...
The Speaker ruled on a Point of Order clarifying that while committee questions and answers during Oral Questions must be strictly limited to schedule and agenda, the Chair grants committee officials the benefit of the doubt due to the rapid pace of proceedings.
November 2, 2011
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on October 26, 2011, by the Member for Wascana regarding who ought to be recognized to answer questions posed during Question...
The Speaker ruled that it is consistent with practice to recognize a Minister to answer a question directed to a committee Chair if the Chair does not rise to respond.
April 3, 2008
The Deputy Speaker: Before proceeding to the Orders of the Day, I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on Friday, March 7, 2008, by the hon. Government House Leader alleging the...
The Speaker ruled that a response from a committee vice-chair during Question Period cannot be ruled out of order for being partisan or substantive, only for using unparliamentary language.
February 8, 2008
The Speaker: I would now like to come back to the question of privilege raised by the hon. Member for Wascana. Yesterday, when this happened, no one rose except the Government House Leader to...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, ruling it was not an error to allow the Government House Leader to answer for a committee when no committee member rose to speak.
May 28, 2007
The Speaker: The Chair has heard enough on this issue. We have had four presentations and I believe that should complete the matter. I am prepared to make a decision at once. This matter was sent...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege, ruling that a newspaper article about a manual suggesting witness preparation is not sufficient evidence of actual witness tampering.
May 19, 2005
The Speaker: I thank all hon. Members for their interventions on this point. The Chair very much appreciates support for the Standing Orders which the Chair is bound to enforce in the House....
The Speaker rules that questions to committee chairs must concern committee business, but the Chair will not enforce relevance on the answers provided.
November 15, 2004
The Speaker: Given that this is a new Parliament with many new Members and that this is the first occasion that we are considering report stage motions to amend a bill, I would like to take this...
The Speaker explains the criteria for selecting report stage amendments and rules that motions for Bill C-4 are inadmissible as they should have been raised in committee.
May 8, 2003
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised on Thursday, May 1 by the hon. Member for West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast concerning the Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on...
The Speaker ruled that a committee chair signing a report is an act of authentication, not a vote, and thus does not constitute a conflict of interest even if the report contains a personal benefit.