Question of Privilege
December 4, 1969
Notices of motions; private Members'
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
It has been generally understood for many years that the power to call a meeting for the purpose of electing a chairman and a vice-chairman rest customarily with the Government Whip, not individual members of a standing committee. The decision that there is no prima facie question of privilege involved in the motion refuses precedence to the motion, but does not prevent discussion on it. Had it been determined that there was a prima facie question of privilege, "it could have been transferred to and considered under Motions... notwithstanding its position on the Notice Paper ".
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Holding
"The power to call a standing committee's organizational meeting rests with the Government Whip by custom; therefore, a motion challenging this practice does not constitute a prima facie question of privilege."
AI Summary
The Speaker ruled that the custom of the Government Whip calling a committee's organizational meeting does not constitute a prima facie question of privilege.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Not specified
- Significance
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