February 20, 1979
Content of Bills / Infringing on Financial Initiative of the Crown February 20, 1979 Journals pp. 393-5 Debates pp. 3423-5 Background The Chair, having authorized presentation of a number of bills...
The Speaker ruled a private Member's bill out of order for violating the financial initiative of the Crown by proposing a new public expenditure without a royal recommendation.
May 26, 1975
There is a well-established practice that the Chair "ought not to sit as a court of appeal in respect to the proceedings in a standing committee". Regarding the issue raised by Mr. Kaplan, "the...
The Speaker's ruling affirms the principle that the Chair does not act as a court of appeal for the proceedings of standing committees.
December 16, 1974
The purpose of first reading is to ensure the undoubted right of any Member to put before the House in the form of a bill his views and opinions and to allow the House an opportunity to study the...
The Speaker permitted a bill's introduction, ruling that a non-material error in its Royal Recommendation was not sufficient grounds to halt the first reading.
February 22, 1972
The rule governing tabling is clear. If a document is quoted in debate it has to be tabled. If a letter, even though it might have been written originally as a private document, becomes part of...
The Speaker rules that Ministers must table official documents, including formerly private letters that have become part of a departmental record, if they are quoted during debate.
January 26, 1971
The Government has followed a practice that has been accepted rightly or wrongly, in the past. The bill will be allowed to proceed despite the possible difficulties presented by omnibus...
The Speaker denied a point of order against an omnibus bill, ruling it procedurally acceptable despite legitimate grievances.
October 26, 1970
If the recommendation is incomplete, it is possible for the Crown to make the necessary corrections, as has been done in the past. To avoid delay, consideration of the bill may resume, but the...
The Speaker permits debate on a bill with a defective Royal Recommendation to continue but defers the second reading vote until the Crown corrects it.
January 19, 1970
It would appear that there is a difference between the two texts of the proposed bill. However, in this particular case it seems that the difference is more of form than of substance. Nonetheless,...
The Speaker rules that a textual discrepancy in a bill is a matter for the committee stage, not for the Chair to resolve at second reading.
November 10, 1967
The question raised by Mr. Gregoire is a point of order rather than a question of privilege. The words used by Mr. Thompson were unparliamentary and should not have been used under the guise of a...
A Speaker's ruling sustains a point of order, finding that a Member used unparliamentary language to make a charge against another Member during a question.
April 3, 1967
The amendments are now before the House in two forms: the report which was tabled and which is now officially before the House, and the amended bill which has been distributed. Distribution might...
The Speaker rules that the late distribution of an amended bill is a matter of convenience, not a valid point of order.
May 2, 1966
"... the principle by which we should be guided is that Parliament is supreme: that it is only in extreme cases where... debates are limited in some way, [for example, because] certain questions...
A Speaker's ruling permitting reference in debate to evidence from a royal commission when the matter is collateral to the inquiry's main issue.