Point of Order
December 11, 1967
Question already decided
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
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<p class="decision-chapter">Rules of Debate / Repetition</p>
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<time>December 11, 1967</time>
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<p class="e-Debates">Debates <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2702_05/688?r=0&s=1">p. 5286</a></p>
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<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Background</h2>
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<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">During the Budget debate, Mr. Lambert (Edmonton West) rose on a point of order to argue that Mr. Cote (Postmaster General) was referring to a resolution debated and decided on previously in the House. During further discussion, Mr. Knowles (Winnipeg North Centre) again raised the same point of order, alleging that it was forbidden to discuss a resolution on which the House had reached a decision. The Deputy Speaker ruled immediately.</p>
<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Issue</h2>
<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">Can a matter already decided by the House be referred to in debate in the same session?</p>
<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Decision</h2>
<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">No. A debate already concluded may not be revived during the same session.</p>
<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Reasons given by the Deputy Speaker</h2>
<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">The practice is well established that "a Member while speaking must not refer to any debate of the same session on any question not then under consideration, nor reflect upon the past acts and proceedings of the House".</p>
<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">Sources cited</h2>
<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">Beauchesne, 4th ed., p. 126, c. 148(1); p. 127, c. 149(a), (k).</p>
<h2 class="f-ContextResoEdNotePostscriptTitle">References</h2>
<p class="g-contextResoEdNotePostscript">Debates, December 11, 1967, <a href="https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC2702_05/686">pp. 5284-6</a>.</p>
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"A motion is out of order if it is substantially the same as a question that has already been decided by the House in the same session."
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A motion is ruled out of order because it is substantially the same as a question already decided by the House in the same session.
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- House of Commons Procedure and Practice (3rd Edition, 2017)
- Erskine May (25th Edition, 2019)