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Ruling March 10, 1971

Legislative item

Hon. Lucien Lamoureux

Hon. Lucien Lamoureux

Speaker of the House

Ruling Text

Previous rules allowed unlimited consideration of the Supplementary Estimates. Present rules restrict such consideration to a degree substantial enough to warrant the exclusion of items of a legislative nature from what is strictly Supply. "Until now, the House has not had the opportunity to reaffirm the proposition that such proposals, when they are clearly intended to amend existing legislation, should come to the House by way of an amending bill rather than as an item in the supplementary estimates."
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The Speaker rules that legislative changes cannot be made through the Supplementary Estimates and require a separate amending bill.

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Holding
"Items in the Supplementary Estimates that are legislative in nature are out of order and must be introduced as a separate amending bill."
Outcome
Sustained
Tone
Educational
Procedural Stage
Government Orders
Significance
Low High

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