April 5, 2022
Hon. Anthony Rota
Point of order concerning the requirement for a royal recommendation for Bill C-215, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)
The Deputy Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised on March 22 by the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader regarding Bill C-215, an act to amend the...
The Speaker ruled that Bill C-215, which extends EI sickness benefits, requires a royal recommendation because it increases public spending, citing established financial procedures and precedents.