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April 23, 1974
"... even with the wildest imagination", the Member's comments have nothing to do with the bill under consideration. Members must limit themselves to the principle of the bill before the House.
The Speaker sustained a point of order, ruling a Member's comments irrelevant to the bill at second reading.
April 10, 1974
There should be no attempt to clarify a ruling which was made on another occasion because that would not be according to well-established practice. The matter will be allowed to stand where it is...
The Speaker denies a request to clarify a previous ruling, citing established practice and closing further debate on the matter.
April 2, 1974
Amendments to the Content of Bills / Report Stage April 2, 1974 Journals p. 90 Debates pp. 1101-2 Background On April 1, as the House proceeded to the report stage consideration of Bill C-5, an...
A ruling that an amendment is out of order because it is equivalent to a direct negative of the bill.
April 1, 1974
Rules of Debate / Relevance April 1, 1974 Debates p. 1039 Background During report stage consideration of Bill C-5, an Act to authorize the provision of moneys to meet certain capital expenditures...
The provided text 'Report stage' is a procedural label indicating a stage of the legislative process, not a Speaker's Ruling.
March 26, 1974
"Parliament cannot legislate by Estimates", but this particular vote in the Estimates does not seek to amend an act or "to establish a legislative principle". It is difficult to see how this is...
A ruling confirms an item in the Estimates is procedurally valid as it does not improperly attempt to legislate by amending an act or establishing a legislative principle.
March 21, 1974
"The Speaker has no other responsibility than determining whether there is a prima facie question of privilege which later on could be submitted to the House in the form of a motion." The present...
The Speaker denies a prima facie question of privilege, ruling the issue is a grievance to be addressed through other parliamentary avenues.
December 20, 1973
The Standing Orders provide for a substantive proposition to be considered by the House. This cannot be done, however, by way of a recommendation from a committee studying a bill. "... there is no...
This ruling establishes that a committee studying a bill can only report the bill itself, with any changes being formal amendments, not separate recommendations.
December 10, 1973
The House should "reaffirm the proposition that such proposals, when they are clearly intended to amend existing legislation, should come to the House by way of an amending bill rather than as an...
This ruling establishes that using dollar items in the Estimates to amend legislation is procedurally improper and requires a separate amending bill.
November 1, 1973
The House has concurred in a committee report recommending "that changes suggested by Members be confined strictly to correction of errors and essential minor alterations". The accepted practice...
This ruling clarifies that Members can only make minor corrections to the official record (Hansard), with substantial changes requiring a formal motion.
September 18, 1973
Questions Related to Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown September 18, 1973 Journals pp. 561-2 Debates p. 6690 Background On January 18, the Speaker proposed to...
The provided text is a procedural phrase, not a complete ruling, and cannot be analyzed.