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Privilege December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, a question of privilege, very clearly, has to be on the facts. There is wild speculation and a whole bunch of frivolity being brought in by the Conservatives. It is not a bona fide response to a question of privilege. I would ask you again to cut off the member.
Certainly the member will have more scope during a speech if and when there is a ruling, but currently this is not permissible and does not correspond with our procedural bible.
Privilege December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I would implore you to follow the judgments made in the past, including in 2012, which allow you to determine that you have heard enough on the question of privilege and to allow those speeches if, in the end, you indeed decide that there is a prima facie question of privilege over the next few days.
Privilege December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, again, Conservatives were unconcerned with a three-week occupation that did just that; it disrupted everybody—
Business of Supply December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, on the NDP's plan for relief for so many Canadians, we would ask for a recorded vote.
Privilege December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, again, I go back to jurisprudence. I know Conservatives never even consult the Standing Orders; they just walk in. If they actually reviewed the procedural bible, on page 9374 of the Debates, they would see a ruling from June 13, 2012. The Speaker said to this point, “in the case of a question of privilege, the floor is not the members'.... The Speaker has the right to terminate [the] discussion if the Speaker feels that relevant points [to the question of privilege] that have not been previously raised have not been brought forward.” These are, more properly, debates for after your decision, and I would ask you to uphold the jurisprudence, the traditions of the House, and bring an end to this repetition by Conservatives.
Privilege December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, because of the chaos caused by Conservatives, I did not hear the member and I said no because of that, so I would appreciate it if the member could repeat.
Privilege December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, can the member—
Privilege December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, it was a bit disturbing to me when we saw Conservatives cheering on the three-week occupation in downtown Ottawa. There was jeering and threats made to members of Parliament and not a single Conservative member of Parliament ever raised that as a question of privilege. In fact, they tried to block questions of privilege coming from other members of Parliament.
The member for Thornhill raised a frivolous question of privilege. That is a ruling you have made on past questions of privilege. We will consult, of course, what was said, and we will come back on Monday on this issue. I do not believe it is a prima facie case at all, but I do want to give the member the benefit of the doubt that maybe she has changed from previous frivolous questions of privilege.
We will come back on Monday.
Privilege December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. The reality is that for a question of privilege the intervention has to be concise and has to deal with the question of privilege that has been raised. At the same time, if you, Mr. Speaker, believe it is a prima facie case of privilege, members then have the opportunity to make speeches such as the member is making now, which is perfectly legitimate after a ruling. The ruling obviously will not come today because we will want to examine the record and respond. Therefore, I would ask you, Mr. Speaker, to keep the question of privilege to the privilege matter and not allow for speeches that are more properly the domain only after you have ruled.
Privilege December 6th, 2024
Mr. Speaker, in referring to our procedural bible, and Conservative MPs may not be aware of this, but it says very clearly, on page 144, “Questions of privilege for which written notice has been given are raised at specific times, namely on the opening of the sitting, following Routine Proceedings but before Orders of the Day”. In that sense, the member is not speaking to the question of privilege in the right order. We would have to complete Routine Proceedings and then, prior to orders of the day, go back to her hopefully completing, as she is being very repetitive, the question of privilege.