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The Speaker: I thank the hon. Member for Calgary–Nose Hill for her intervention. Yes, I ruled the questions out of order and I did so on the basis that they dealt with internal party matters. If the audit had been one that was paid for by the Government at the request of the Government because of problems and had been ordered by the Ministry specifically, I might have had more sympathy, but that does not appear to be the case. I do not know all the facts. I will review the situation, but it looked to me as though this was a standard review that had been done by someone and the report was made. Whether it was at the request of the commission or some other person, I do not know, but normally party finances are not the administrative responsibility of the Government even where there is a case of Government moneys having been paid to the party for some reason or another. That is why I disallowed the question. We have had a lot of questions on whether Government funds were properly expended, but that was not the question the hon. Member asked. It was about the internal affairs of the party and for that reason I ruled the question out of order. She was not the only one who had that misfortune today. I will review the matter and get to the back to the House should I feel that my ruling was incorrect. I will let her know accordingly.. [1] Debates, April 12, 2005, p. 4946. [2] Debates, April 12, 2005, p. 4954.

Oral Questions: administrative responsibility of the Government; internal matters of a political party

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