Ruling
March 24, 1970
Committee report
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
"No principle is more surely provided for by our constitution and our Standing Orders than that which provides that the Crown alone initiates financial proposals... It is not competent... for the House or any committee of this House to substitute a financial provision in an estimate for one which has been recommended by His Excellency."
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Holding
"A committee of the House is not competent to substitute a financial provision in an estimate, as this would infringe upon the constitutional principle of the financial initiative of the Crown."
AI Summary
A ruling affirming the constitutional principle that only the Crown can initiate financial proposals, thereby preventing committees from substituting financial provisions in estimates.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Sustained
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Routine Proceedings
- Significance
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High