The Speaker ruled on the incident on May 12, 2015. The House adjourned in June of that year, and then the election was in the fall.
Two instances were dealt with in a single ruling. The first was a bus being delayed from entering the Elgin East Block entrance, with members on board the bus. That happened on April 30. The second case occurred during the visit of the President of the Philippines on May 8, 2015.
The details of the incidents are as follows. On April 30 the member from Skeena—Bulkley Valley rose in the House on a question of privilege. He told the House that he was chairing a meeting in the Valour Building when the bells sounded for a vote. He and five other members boarded a bus in front of the Valour Building and proceeded east down Wellington. The bus attempted to turn left into the East Block entrance, and was prevented from reaching the gate by the parliamentary protective service. I suppose in their communication by radio it wasn't clear from the debates how they were talking. The bus driver was told by the PPS that they couldn't enter the precinct and that their access was to be delayed by three to five minutes. No reason was given. The members could not get off the bus because they were stuck in the middle of traffic. The bus driver was unable to pull over to the side to let them off because they were in the middle of traffic. No reason was given, as I mentioned, and it was not clear, when the member rose on the question of privilege, whether or not he was able to make it to the vote. The Speaker reserved his decision on that matter that day.
Just over a week later, on May 8, at 10:30, a Friday, the member from Toronto—Danforth was walking to Centre Block. He had indicated to the House that he wanted to participate in a debate that was going on. He was walking on the west part of the ring road on Parliament Hill. He saw up ahead that the PPS was holding up a crowd, just across from the House of Commons. When he got to the crowd, he attempted to cross there. The member of the PPS stopped him. He showed the member his lapel pin and his ID. The response from the PPS was that her orders were to stop everyone, and it did not matter if he was an MP or not. The member was told that the delay was caused by the expected arrival of VIPs, which it turned out was the President of the Philippines.
On May 12 the Speaker ruled on both cases, finding that both constituted prima facie questions of privilege. The member from Toronto—Danforth was invited to move the motion to refer the matter to procedure and House affairs; however, the motion was defeated in the House, 145 to 117.