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November 16, 2009
The Speaker: Order, please, if the House will grant some indulgence. On Tuesday, October 27, the hon. Government House Leader rose on a point of order concerning the admissibility of an opposition...
The Speaker ruled that an opposition motion on a supply day is out of order if it attempts to bypass the normal legislative process by deeming a bill passed through all its stages.
October 29, 2009
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Government House Leader on October 8, 2009, regarding the admissibility of the motion...
The Speaker ruled that a motion of instruction to a committee is in order even with a reporting deadline, as long as the deadline is contingent on the committee's permissive choice to act on the instruction.
March 13, 2008
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Pickering–Scarborough East on March 11 concerning the admissibility of the ways and means motion to...
The Speaker ruled that a government Ways and Means motion is admissible even if it seeks to amend or repeal a Private Member's Bill passed in the same session.
March 6, 2008
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised earlier today by the hon. Leader of the Government in the House of Commons alleging the inadmissibility of the opposition motion...
The Speaker ruled that an opposition motion condemning another opposition party is admissible as such motions have a wide scope and the confidence convention is not a procedural matter.
February 15, 2008
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on Monday, February 11, 2008 by the hon. House Leader for the New Democratic Party concerning the admissibility of Government...
The Speaker ruled that a government motion was admissible despite its long and argumentative preamble, citing historical precedents that permit such forms.
May 3, 2007
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Scarborough–Rouge River on April 17, 2007, concerning the procedural admissibility of Bill C-52, An Act...
The Speaker denied a point of order against a budget bill, ruling it was properly based on a Ways and Means motion and that concerns about delegated legislation were matters of substance for debate, not procedure.
March 29, 2007
The Speaker: I am now ready to give a ruling that everybody has been waiting a week for on the point of order raised on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 by the hon. Government House Leader alleging the...
The Speaker ruled an opposition supply day motion out of order for attempting to force the passage of multiple government bills, affirming this usurps the government's prerogative to control the legislative agenda.
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.
October 6, 2005
The Speaker: Order, please. I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on Tuesday, September 27 by the hon. Member for Mississauga South concerning the admissibility of an amendment to...
The Speaker ruled an amendment to a motion was admissible as it was relevant and within the scope of the original motion, despite changing the proposed action from selling to leasing land.