November 10, 1969
Although the Standing Orders provide for the introduction of bills during Routine Proceedings, they do not allow for a motion to empower a committee to draw up a bill, nor is there any precedent...
The Speaker ruled a private member's motion to have a committee draft a bill out of order as it was procedurally unprecedented and exceeded the member's notice limit.
October 30, 1969
"Privilege has been defined as the sum of the fundamental rights enjoyed by each House of Parliament collectively and by Members of each House individually, without which they could not discharge...
The Speaker ruled that there is no breach of privilege when a Minister makes a statement to the public before making it in the House.
July 24, 1969
It is acknowledged that "the report is not the report of the majority". At the same time, the parliamentary system does not recognize minority and majority reports, but only the report of a...
The Chair ruled that parliamentary procedure only recognizes a single committee report, not majority or minority reports, and the Speaker cannot substitute their judgment for the committee's.
July 24, 1969
While the closure rule as it now stands is not without "uncertainty and pitfalls..., all precedents support the view that any amendment or other motion that may be proposed to a main motion comes...
This ruling confirms that a single closure motion applies to a main motion and all of its related amendments.
July 23, 1969
Although a motion may not be moved on a point of order, the Standing Orders stipulate that a motion that a Member be now heard may be made at any time. "It would be very difficult... to say that...
A ruling confirming that the superseding motion 'that a Member be now heard' is in order as it can be moved at any time, even during a point of order.
July 21, 1969
The Chair refused similar proposals in the last week because there had been debate which in some ways related closely to the subject-matter of the motions. This motion, however, refers to a very...
The Speaker grants a request for an emergency debate due to the introduction of a new and important factor.
July 16, 1969
"There has been a pattern of changing interest rates in recent months" which consequently makes this a "problem of continuing concern". In addition, this very matter was recently referred by the...
A request for an emergency debate was denied because the issue was a continuing problem already under study by a committee.
July 11, 1969
The amendment is restricted exclusively to a reconsideration of Standing Order 75C and is thus very limited. The proposed subamendment goes beyond this by seeking "to do many things, one of them...
A 1969 ruling found a subamendment inadmissible because it went beyond the scope of the original amendment, violating the rule of relevance.
July 10, 1969
An exact determination was made difficult by the fact that several Members entered and left the Chamber during the original count, which indicated the presence of fewer than 20 Members. Although...
The Speaker ruled that the initial physical count for quorum is decisive, not any subsequent record of Members present.
July 8, 1969
The point of order raised is not so much a point of order as a point of debate. "... it is not the responsibility of the Chair to rule on questions of law or on constitutional questions." If the...
The Speaker ruled that a point of order concerning a constitutional question was a matter for debate, not a procedural ruling for the Chair.