Question of Privilege
October 18, 1966
Reflections on a Member
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Chair must rule on two points in the case. First, the motion goes beyond the scope of the limited question of privilege raised by Mr. Nugent and revives a point concerning the fact of the question not having been raised at the earliest possible opportunity, on which there already has been a ruling. It is a substantive, not a privileged, motion. Second, despite the fact that the Member might have been seriously aggrieved, the Minister's words do not, in the Chair's view, impute an offence; therefore there is no prima facie evidence to justify sending the matter to the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
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Holding
"The motion is out of order as it is a substantive motion, not a privileged one, and the words complained of do not constitute a prima facie case of privilege."
AI Summary
The Chair denied a question of privilege, ruling the motion was improperly substantive and the minister's words did not meet the prima facie threshold for a breach.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Neutral
- Procedural Stage
- Not specified in text
- Significance
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