Mover of motion cannot be seconder of amendment

<div class="DecisionMain" role="main"> <p class="decision-chapter">Rules of Debate - Order and Decorum / Miscellaneous</p> <div> </div> <p class="d-DecisionDate"> <time>January 17, 1984</time> </p> <p class="e-Debates">Debates <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC3202_01/508?r=0&amp;s=1">p. 506</a></p> <div> <h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Background</h2> </div> <p class="g-ContextResoEdNotePostscript">During debate on the motion of Mr. Anguish (The Battlefords—Meadow Lake) for second reading of Bill C-203, an Act to declare Canada a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, Mr. Waddell (Vancouver—Kingsway) proposed to move an amendment to the main motion and indicated that Mr. Anguish would be the seconder. The Deputy Speaker ruled immediately.</p> <h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Issue</h2> <p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">Can the mover of the main motion be the seconder of an amendment to that motion?</p> <h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Decision</h2> <p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">No. The mover of the main motion cannot be the seconder of an amendment to that motion.</p> <h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Reasons given by the Deputy Speaker</h2> <p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">The Member cannot be the seconder for the amendment since he is the mover of the main motion. [As no other Member could be found to second the amendment the Deputy Speaker was unable to put the amendment before the House.]</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">References</h2> <p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">Debates, January 17, 1984, <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC3202_01/502?r=0&amp;s=1">pp. 500-7</a>.</p> <p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">Beauchesne, 5th ed., pp. 99-100, c. 304; Bourinot, 4th ed., pp. 345-6.</p> </div> </div>