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Ruling June 29, 1971

Government Orders

Hon. Lucien Lamoureux

Hon. Lucien Lamoureux

Speaker of the House

Ruling Text

The proposed motion is out of order because it asks the House to proceed to the point it has already reached. Furthermore, a motion that the Orders of the Day be read is obsolete as a substantive motion, and this type of motion survives only in the form of an amendment to a motion introduced before the ordinary business of the day, such as a privileged motion.
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The Speaker ruled a motion to proceed to the Orders of the Day out of order as it was redundant and procedurally obsolete as a substantive motion.

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Holding
"A motion to proceed to the Orders of the Day is out of order when the House has already reached that point in its proceedings and is obsolete as a substantive motion."
Outcome
Denied
Tone
Educational
Procedural Stage
Government Orders
Significance
Low High

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