Ruling
October 24, 1979
Issue not urgent
Hon. James Jerome
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Chair finds it difficult to see that the issue constitutes a genuine emergency as required under Standing Order 26 for it involves a decision which was made by a regularly constituted board, the Canadian Transport Commission, which held several public meetings. Moreover, the VIA Rail Service was established with the intention of rationalizing into one service the existing facility. In a similar case. Mr. Speaker Lamoureux ruled that the "decisions taken by commissions while carrying out their normal functions should not constitute matters for urgent discussions".
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Holding
"Decisions made by regularly constituted boards or commissions as part of their normal functions do not meet the criteria of a 'genuine emergency' required for an emergency debate."
AI Summary
The Speaker denied an emergency debate on a VIA Rail decision, ruling that actions by regulatory boards are not urgent matters for debate.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Neutral
- Procedural Stage
- Application for Emergency Debate
- Significance
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