Point of Order
March 26, 1973
Superseding motion (adjournment); final supply day
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
It is not the business of the Chair to rule on points of constitutional law or to claim that the Government must resign. The issue of government resignation is not a point of order. As to the proposed motion itself, the rules are clear in stipulating that the House shall not be adjourned when it is considering business that must be disposed of or concluded in any sitting except by a motion to adjourn proposed by a Minister of the Crown.
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Holding
"A point of order cannot be used to ask the Speaker to rule on constitutional matters or to compel the government to resign."
AI Summary
The Speaker denied a point of order on government resignation, affirming the Chair does not rule on constitutional matters.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Stern
- Procedural Stage
- Supply Day
- Significance
Low
High