Adjournment; moving when a special order of the House in effect for the Budget presentation

<div class="DecisionMain" role="main"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Main Content" --> <p class="decision-chapter">Precedence and Sequence of Business / Superseding Motion </p><div> </div> <p class="d-DecisionDate"> <time>May 23, 1985</time> </p> <p class="e-Debates">Debates <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC3301_04/342?r=0&amp;s=1">p. 4984</a></p> <div><h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Background</h2></div> <p class="g-ContextResoEdNotePostscript">On May 13, 1985, the House passed a special order for consideration of a Ways and Means motion for the presentation of the Budget at 4:30 p.m. on May 23. On that date, during debate at report stage on Bill C-32 (Act to amend the Fisheries Act), Mr. Skelly (Comox—Powell River) moved "That this House do now adjourn." The Deputy Speaker ruled immediately.</p> <h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Issue</h2> <p class="g-ContextResoEdNotePostscript">Is a motion to adjourn the House in order when a special order providing for a Budget presentation later in the day is in effect?</p> <h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Decision</h2> <p class="g-ContextResoEdNotePostscript">No. The motion is not in order.</p> <h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Reasons given by the Deputy Speaker</h2> <p class="g-ContextResoEdNotePostscript">The motion to adjourn is out of order because the special order states, "notwithstanding any other order" and because it is a Budget day.</p> <div class="FootnoteContainer"><div "="" class="alert alert-info"><p>Some third-party websites may not be compatible with assistive technologies. Should you require assistance with the accessibility of documents found therein, please contact <a href="mailto:accessible@parl.gc.ca">accessible@parl.gc.ca</a>.</p></div> <h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Sources cited</h2> <p class="g-ContextResoEdNotePostscript">Journals, May 13, 1985, <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.HOC_3301_128_01/565?r=0&amp;s=1">p. 611</a>.</p> <h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">References</h2> <p class="g-ContextResoEdNotePostscript">Debates, May 23, 1985, <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC3301_04/341?r=0&amp;s=1">pp. 4983-4</a>.</p> </div> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </div>