March 6, 2008
Hon. Peter Milliken
Opposition motions: admissibility; application of confidence convention
The Speaker: I am now prepared to rule on the point of order raised earlier today by the hon. Leader of the Government in the House of Commons alleging the inadmissibility of the opposition motion...
The Speaker ruled that an opposition motion condemning another opposition party is admissible as such motions have a wide scope and the confidence convention is not a procedural matter.