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October 29, 2024
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the question of privilege raised on October 7, by the member for Thornhill concerning public access to Parliament Hill. In her intervention, the member for...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege regarding public access to Parliament Hill, ruling that no MP was actually impeded and members' privilege of access is not transferable to the public.
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.
January 30, 2023
The Speaker: The Chair wishes to inform the House of an administrative error that occurred with regard to Bill C-18, an act respecting online communications platforms that make news content...
The Speaker makes a statement to correct an administrative error where a defeated subamendment was mistakenly included in the version of Bill C-18 transmitted to the Senate.
October 27, 2022
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the question of privilege raised on October 21, 2022, by the House leader of the official opposition concerning allegedly misleading statements made by the...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege alleging a minister misled the House, ruling the matter was a dispute over facts and did not meet the required threshold for a prima facie finding.
December 1, 2021
The Speaker: Order, please. As this is the first hybrid vote of the 44th Parliament, I want to briefly outline the steps that will be followed for this type of vote. Before I read the question, I...
The Speaker outlines the procedural steps for conducting the first hybrid vote of the 44th Parliament.
September 23, 2020
The Speaker: In light of the special order that was agreed to by the House earlier today, I would like to take this opportunity to share some information on the process for taking of recorded...
The Speaker outlines new procedures for conducting remote recorded divisions by video conference during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 4, 2019
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the question of privilege raised during the sitting of March 20, 2019, by the hon. member for New Westminster—Burnaby, concerning the validity of the vote on...
The Speaker denied a question of privilege concerning the validity of a vote, ruling that the responsibility for ensuring eligibility to vote (having heard the question) rests with the individual member, not the Chair.
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.
June 6, 2013
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on a point of order raised on May 29 by the hon. House Leader of the Official Opposition regarding the process followed by the Standing Committee on Finance...
The Speaker denied a point of order, ruling that a committee's novel procedure to 'deem moved' amendments from non-members was a valid exercise of its authority and did not infringe on members' rights.
April 23, 2013
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on March 26 by the Member for Langley regarding the presentation of a Member's statement pursuant to Standing Order 31....
The Speaker ruled that a party removing a Member from a speaking list for an S.O. 31 statement does not constitute a prima facie breach of privilege, while affirming the Speaker's ultimate and indisputable authority to recognize any Member who seeks the floor.