Question of Privilege
April 26, 1983
Tabling of revised budget documents
Hon. Jeanne Sauvé
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
Various precedents indicate that charges of this kind cannot be made by way of a question of privilege, but only on a substantive motion making clear and specific accusations. While there may have been misunderstanding concerning the practice relating to the tabling of documents, there is no evidence of what the Member alleges. Finally, Ministers, and not the Chair, are responsible for the content of documents. The Chair is only competent to determine whether or not the documents were tabled correctly. In the present case, the printed budget documents were tabled on budget night and the supplementary material was properly tabled at a subsequent sitting, pursuant to the Standing Order.
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Holding
"Serious accusations against a member must be made via a substantive motion, not a question of privilege, and the Chair is only responsible for the procedural correctness of tabling documents, not their content."
AI Summary
Speaker rules that serious accusations must be made via a substantive motion, not a question of privilege, and finds no procedural error in the tabling of budget documents.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Ruling on a Question of Privilege
- Significance
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