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February 24, 2026
[ Table of Contents ] The Speaker : I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on February 10, 2026, by the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands regarding the similarities between Bill C-2...
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June 20, 2025
The Speaker: The Chair is now prepared to rule on the point of order raised earlier today by the member for Vancouver East regarding the application of Standing Order 69.1 to Bill C-5, an act to...
The Speaker sustained a point of order to divide the third reading vote on Bill C-5, ruling it was an omnibus bill with two unrelated parts as per Standing Order 69.1.
February 2, 2023
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised on January 31 by the member for Calgary Nose Hill concerning the government's response to written Question No. 974. In her...
The Speaker denied a point of order concerning an incomplete government response, ruling that the Chair cannot evaluate the content or substance of answers to written questions.
May 17, 2016
The Speaker: There are 16 motions in amendment standing on the Notice Paper for the report stage of Bill C-14. Motion No. 5, submitted by the hon. member for Victoria, and Motion No. 10, submitted...
The Speaker used the 'exceptional significance' clause of Standing Order 76.1(5) to select several amendments previously defeated in committee for debate at the Report Stage of the highly sensitive Bill C-14.
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.
June 20, 2006
The Speaker: There are 30 motions in amendment standing on the Notice Paper for the report stage of Bill C-2. Motions Nos. 5, 15 and 25 to 27 will not be selected by the Chair as they could have...
The Speaker ruled that amendments to Bill C-2 previously defeated in committee by a procedural casting vote would be selected for report stage debate.
October 16, 2000
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised by the honourable member for Fraser Valley on June 14, 2000, concerning the placement under Private Members' Business of a motion...
The Speaker ruled that a private member's motion regarding the Senate's handling of a House of Commons bill is correctly placed under Private Members' Business, not Routine Proceedings, as each House is master of its own affairs.
February 8, 1999
The Speaker: I am ready to make a ruling on the point of order raised on December 8, 1998, by the honourable member for Delta—South Richmond concerning questions on the Order Paper. First of all I...
The Speaker ruled that the Clerk can divide complex written questions and that the Chair cannot enforce response deadlines or judge the factual content of government answers.
December 2, 1998
The Speaker: I am now ready to rule on the point of order raised by the honourable government House leader on November 18, 1998, concerning the procedural acceptability of Bill S-13, An Act to...
The Speaker ruled that a Senate bill imposing a charge on the tobacco industry was a tax, not a levy, and was therefore improperly before the House because it did not originate in the Commons with a Ways and Means motion.
February 12, 1992
The Speaker: I promised yesterday that I would return with respect to a question which was put by the honourable Member for Ottawa—Vanier yesterday, a question on a subject that is of course very...
The Speaker ruled that a question demanding the Prime Minister instruct a government appointee to retract comments was out of order for being argumentative and outside the scope of government administrative competence.