Point of Order
February 14, 2012
Introduction and first reading: admissibility; bill argued to be in imperfect shape; short title
Hon. Andrew Scheer
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Speaker:
Further to the point of order raised by the Member for Saanich—Gulf Islands, I would like to provide clarification concerning the introduction of the Government bill during this morning's Routine Proceedings.
Following the introduction of Bill C-30, An Act to enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act and to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts, there was an error in a limited number of courtesy copies distributed to the House. These have since been replaced with the correct version. I want to reassure the House that the Bill, as introduced, was in its correct form and, therefore, is properly before the House.
I regret any inconvenience this may have caused Members..
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Debates, February 14, 2012, p. 5245.
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Holding
"The official version of Bill C-30 was introduced correctly; only some distributed courtesy copies contained an error, and the bill is properly before the House."
AI Summary
The Speaker clarifies that an error in courtesy copies of a bill did not affect the validity of the bill's introduction.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Conciliatory
- Procedural Stage
- Routine Proceedings
- Significance
Low
High