Point of Order
May 25, 2018
Points of order: maintaining the orderly conduct of business
Hon. Geoff Regan
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Speaker:
I thank the opposition House leader for her point of order. As I said previously, and it is very well established, that it is at the discretion of the Speaker to determine when he or she feels he or she has heard enough of an argument.
As it turned out, in fact, the point of order from the hon. member for Carleton was in my view on the same topic. Whether or not a member declares personally that orders of the day have or have not started is beside the point. Orders of the day had been called. It has commenced. I had called for debate. We are under way.
Members may not like that, I recognize that, but the hon. government House leader now has the floor. I have heard enough as I have indicated.
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Holding
"The Speaker ruled that Orders of the Day had commenced and asserted the Speaker's discretion to terminate debate on a point of order, allowing the Government House Leader to proceed."
AI Summary
The Speaker denied a point of order concerning the commencement of Orders of the Day, asserting the Speaker's established discretion to determine when enough argument has been heard.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Stern
- Procedural Stage
- Government Orders
- Significance
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High