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House Hansard - 103

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 27, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Alexandra Mendès)
  • Sep/27/22 5:47:45 p.m.
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There was no ruling per se. There was a recommendation to do that, not a specific ruling.
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Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22
Mr. Garnett Genuis
Madam Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. I want to, respectfully, just draw your attention to an exchange that I had with the Speaker on June 9 of this year. The context was that the member for Kildonan—St. Paul sought unanimous consent for a motion and was cut off in the middle by the Speaker because of a number of nays. I asked the Speaker, “Mr. Speaker, I wonder if you could clarify the process. Is it your ruling going forward that if a member is saying 'no', you will stop the reading of the motion? I think we have had cases where some members were saying 'no' and yet the member continued with the unanimous consent motion.” The Speaker ruled as follows. He said, “In fact, I have been getting this from both sides. Both government and opposition members have been asking for that exact type of behaviour, rather than let it all go through. Sometimes unanimous consent motions are used as a method of getting a message across, but that is what S.O. 31s are for. If we can just shift everything over, we can use it that way. We will do our best to make that happen.” Given the precedent set and given the cutting off of the member for Kildonan—St. Paul on June 9, I ask that this be taken into consideration in future moments like this.
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Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Alexandra Mendès)
  • Sep/27/22 5:59:37 p.m.
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That was not a ruling from the Speaker. I maintain what I said: It was a recommendation by the Speaker. Resuming debate, the hon. member for Peace River—Westlock.
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