Question of Privilege
April 17, 1978
Miscellaneous
Hon. James Jerome
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Minister of Finance denied the possibility of a leak of budget information respecting the sales tax and, of course, the House must accept his word.
The Chair has serious doubts as to whether the convention of budgetary secrecy falls within the area of privilege at all.
Finally, the terms of the motion proposed by Mr. Broadbent are too general in nature. General motions, without specific accusations, have been rejected by the Chair.
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Holding
"A motion regarding an alleged budget leak was denied as it did not constitute a prima facie question of privilege and was too general in its wording."
AI Summary
The Speaker denied a question of privilege concerning an alleged budget leak, ruling that the matter did not meet the criteria for privilege and the motion was too general.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Stern
- Procedural Stage
- Not specified
- Significance
Low
High