October 29, 2003
Hon. Peter Milliken
Financial initiative of the Crown: Senate bill argued to require the expenditure of funds; right of the House to grant supply
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised by the hon. Member for Kootenay–Columbia concerning whether Bill S-7, the Heritage Lighthouses Preservation Bill, violates the...
The Speaker ruled that a Senate bill concerning heritage lighthouses did not require a royal recommendation as it did not directly compel the expenditure of public funds.