December 8, 1992
Hon. John Fraser
Motions: statutory order; notice of motion ultra vires; Speaker does not rule on legal matters
The Speaker: I thank both the honourable Member for Cape Breton—East Richmond and the honourable Parliamentary Secretary. I am going to remove the Chair from the position in which the Chair finds...
The Speaker denied a request to rule on the ultra vires nature of a bill, affirming that determining legality is solely the jurisdiction of the courts, not the Chair.