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April 26, 1983
Various precedents indicate that charges of this kind cannot be made by way of a question of privilege, but only on a substantive motion making clear and specific accusations. While there may have...
Speaker rules that serious accusations must be made via a substantive motion, not a question of privilege, and finds no procedural error in the tabling of budget documents.
March 10, 1983
Questions Related to Content of Bills / Ways and Means Motion March 10, 1983 Debates pp. 23629-30 Background On March 3, at the start of consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bill C-139, An...
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February 28, 1983
For there to be a prima facie case of privilege, sufficient evidence must be presented to warrant the matter proceeding to investigation. Furthermore, it is not for the Chair to determine whether...
The Speaker clarifies that the Chair does not rule on the accuracy of tabled documents and that reflections on Members require a substantive motion.
February 16, 1983
The Standing Orders stipulate that a Minister may table in the House any report or other paper dealing with a matter falling within his administrative responsibilities. According to Beauchesne,...
The Speaker clarifies that Ministers are permitted by the Standing Orders and Beauchesne to voluntarily table documents related to their administrative duties.
March 5, 1981
"Matters of this nature, having been referred either to the courts or to an administrative body, are not proper subjects for debate in this House under the terms of Standing Order 26". Moreover,...
The Speaker denied a request for an emergency debate, citing the matter being before an administrative body and the availability of other debate opportunities.
April 28, 1980
Even if the Member denounces the lack of debate on what he considers to be a budget presentation, the fact is that the Minister never stated that he was making a budget presentation. However, it...
The Speaker ruled that a Minister is permitted to table Ways and Means motions and discuss financial matters during the Address Debate.
April 17, 1980
The Prime Minister may table the letter if he wishes, but there is no obligation upon him to do so because it involves a letter which he did not actually quote but to which he merely referred.
A Speaker's ruling clarifies that a document only needs to be tabled if it is quoted from, not if it is merely referenced.