Appendix B — Chronological Table

41st Parliament, 1st Session
Date	Chapter	Decision
June 22, 2011	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Unparliamentary language: imputing motives
June 23, 2011	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Points of order: impact on proceedings; allotted amount of time; use of titles
June 23, 2011	Committees	Committees of the Whole House Chair’s statement: guidelines for the conduct of debate
September 28, 2011	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: notice of proposed procurement alleged to have anticipated a decision of the House
September 30, 2011	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Recognizing visitors in the gallery; acknowledgement
October 18, 2011	Special Debates	Take-Note Debates Chair of Committee of the Whole’s statement: guidelines for the conduct of take-note debates
October 19, 2011	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Establishment of first Order of Precedence: Speaker’s statement regarding royal recommendation; forty-eight hours’ notice requirement for exchange
October 24, 2011	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: tabling of Government bill in contravention of an existing statute
November 2, 2011	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: question concerning matters before committees; answered by a Minister
November 4, 2011	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Business of Ways and Means: motion required for bill seeking to prevent the alleviation of taxation
November 14, 2011	The House and Its Members	Responsibility and Conduct of Members Report of the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner on the former Member for Simcoe—Grey: inability to make a statement; report concurred in after 30 sitting days
November 17, 2011	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Tabling of documents by a Minister: revealing political party donations by a citizen
November 21, 2011	Committees	Committee Powers Sending for documents: scope of a standing committee’s mandate; sub judice convention; separation between branches of government
November 29, 2011	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction: allegation of Minister altering committee evidence
December 6, 2011	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Disturbance in the gallery; Member’s alleged complicity
December 13, 2011	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction and interference: alleged misleading calls from a political party to constituents
February 14, 2012	The Legislative Process	Stages Introduction and first reading: admissibility; bill argued to be in imperfect shape; short title
February 16, 2012	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Infants onto the floor of the House: clarification of practices
February 27, 2012	Special Debates	Emergency Debates Leave refused: matter under investigation by an administrative body
March 6, 2012	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction and intimidation: threats against a Minister; prima facie
March 12, 2012	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; amendments not presented in committee
March 15, 2012	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction: Members denied access to the Parliamentary Precinct during a state visit; prima facie
April 2, 2012	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Statements by Members: personal attacks
April 3, 2012	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction: alleged insufficient response to a written question
May 2, 2012	The Legislative Process	Stages Second reading: admissibility; copies of bill containing incorrect pagination
May 7, 2012	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: Government alleged to have deliberately misled the House
May 9, 2012	Rules of Debate	Business of Supply Chair’s statement: guidelines for the conduct of a debate on the Main Estimates
June 6, 2012	The Decision-Making Process	Recorded Divisions Member voting twice on the same motion
June 11, 2012	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; selection and grouping of motions
June 11, 2012	The Legislative Process	Form of Bills Omnibus bills: argued to be in imperfect shape
June 13, 2012	Parliamentary Privilege	Procedure Procedure for dealing with matters of privilege: length of interventions regarding a question of privilege
June 18, 2012	Rules of Debate	Curtailment of Debate Time allocation: minimum number of hours
September 17, 2012	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House The right to regulate its internal affairs: access to information requests concerning the appearance of a witness in committee
November 27, 2012	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: response to written question (deemed unsatisfactory); cost of response mentioned
November 29, 2012 See also December 12, 2012	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; selection and grouping of motions
November 29, 2012	Committees	Mandate Scope of a standing committee’s mandate: motion inviting other committees to study the subject matter of a bill
December 3, 2012	Rules of Debate	Process of Debate Motions: denial of unanimous consent
December 5, 2012	The Decision-Making Process	Moving Motions Concurrence motion: absence of sponsoring Minister
December 6, 2012	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Royal recommendation: increase in operating costs
December 7, 2012	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; amendments not presented in committee
December 12, 2012 See also November 29, 2012	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; selection and grouping of motions
December 12, 2012	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Role of Members in fostering decorum
January 29, 2013	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Questions on the Order Paper: relevance of the Government response to a written question
February 7, 2013	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction and interference: Government alleged to have blocked access to information
February 27, 2013	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; amendments not presented in committee
March 21, 2013	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Relevance: debate at report stage
March 27, 2013	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: Minister of Justice alleged to have not reviewed legislation for conformity with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Bill of Rights
March 27, 2013	Special Debates	Emergency Debates Leave refused: closure of the Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre in Quebec City; other opportunities for debate available
March 27, 2013	Private Members’ Business	Private Members’ Hour Rescheduling of debate: consideration despite it being 30 minutes past the time at which the hour should have ended
April 18, 2013	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: alleged disclosure of the text of a bill prior to its introduction in the House
April 23, 2013	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom of speech: equal right of a Member to make a statement under Standing Order 31
May 21, 2013	The Legislative Process	Stages Consideration in committee: report to the House; requesting power to expand the scope of a private Member’s bill
May 22, 2013	The Daily Program	Government Orders Motions: special orders to temporarily suspend the Standing Orders; extension of sitting hours
June 6, 2013	Committees	Mandate Scope of a standing committee’s mandate: participation of independent Members
June 18, 2013	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: right of Members with disputed electoral campaign returns to sit and vote in the House; prima facie

41st Parliament, 2nd Session
Date	Chapter	Decision
October 17, 2013	The Decision-Making Process	Notice Government notices of motion: Member requesting division of motion
October 30, 2013	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: Prime Minister alleged to have deliberately misled the House
December 10, 2013	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; amendments not presented in committee
January 28, 2014	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction: impugning reputation of a Member
January 28, 2014	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: Speaker’s interventions on the admissibility of questions about the Senate
February 10, 2014	The Legislative Process	Stages Introduction and first reading: admissibility; bill argued to be in imperfect shape; summary
February 26, 2014	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: sponsor not moving concurrence
March 3, 2014	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction: lack of adequate interpretation services during a technical briefing on legislation
March 3, 2014	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: Member alleged to have deliberately misled the House; prima facie
March 6, 2014	Rules of Debate	Curtailment of Debate Time allocation: quality of consultation
March 27, 2014	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction and interference: Member alleged to have misrepresented himself in an advertisement
April 3, 2014	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction and interference: Government interference alleged in response to written question
May 2, 2014	Private Members’ Business	Consideration in committee Committee amendments: consistency with principle and scope of bill
May 7, 2014	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; amendments having been voted on in committee
May 8, 2014	Special Debates	Emergency Debates Leave granted: abduction of young girls in Nigeria
May 12, 2014	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Introduction of Government Bills: bill that implements an international treaty; Government policy on tabling of treaties
May 12, 2014	Rules of Debate	Process of Debate Report stage: grouping of motions in amendment
May 14, 2014	Rules of Debate	Process of Debate Committees of the Whole: speaking time
May 15, 2014	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Displays, exhibits and props
May 27, 2014	The Decision-Making Process	Recorded divisions Member rising to request that their vote be counted; alleged error in voting process
June 5, 2014	The Decision-Making Process	Recorded Divisions Members arriving late during a recorded division
June 11, 2014	Rules of Debate	Process of Debate Motions: admissibility; rule of anticipation
June 12, 2014	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Motions: Standing Order 56.1 used to direct the business of committees
June 12, 2014	Rules of Debate	Curtailment of Debate Time allocation: appropriate use; consultations
June 12, 2014	The Daily Program	Weekly Business Statement Thursday Statement: length of statements
September 15, 2014	The Legislative Process	Form of Bills Administrative error: incorrect version sent to Senate following third reading in the House
September 22, 2014	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; alleged exceptional significance of an amendment defeated in committee
September 24, 2014	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: relevance of responses; allegation of bias
September 25, 2014	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction: Member denied access to Parliamentary Precinct during the visit of a foreign dignitary; prima facie
October 23, 2014	The House and Its Members	Security and the maintenance of order in the Parliamentary Precinct Shooting in the Hall of Honour in Centre Block: reflecting on the events of October 22, 2014; access to the Hill
November 4, 2014	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: conviction on charges of election fraud; statutory disqualification on sitting and voting; right of the House to expel a Member; prima facie
November 26, 2014	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction and interference: impact of use of time allocation on non-recognized parties and independent Members
December 4, 2014	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: fiscal update presented outside the House of Commons
December 11, 2014	The House and Its Members	Security and the maintenance of order in the Parliamentary Precinct Tribute to security personnel: events of October 22, 2014
February 17, 2015	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction and interference: Government interference alleged in response to written question
February 18, 2015	The House and Its Members	The House of Commons Chamber New flagpole and flag stand in silver maple; 50th anniversary of the maple leaf flag
February 19, 2015	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Tabling of documents by a Minister: practices
February 26, 2015	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: Prime Minister alleged to have deliberately misled the House
March 10, 2015	The Decision-Making Process	Recorded Divisions Members leaving their seat during the taking of recorded divisions
March 23, 2015	Committees	Committee Proceedings Previous question inadmissible in committee; appealing the Chair’s ruling
March 31, 2015	The Legislative Process	Stages Consideration in committee: motions of instruction; empowering a committee to expand the scope of a bill
April 20, 2015	Special Debates	Emergency Debates Leave refused: dismantling and transfer of the Canadian Wheat Board; matter deemed not of sufficient urgency and another opportunity for debate available
April 29, 2015	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: Minister alleged to have deliberately misled the House
May 12, 2015	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction: Members denied access to the Parliamentary Precinct; prima facie
May 26, 2015	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom of speech: sub judice convention; question on the Order Paper left unanswered because the matter was before the courts
June 8, 2015	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Relevance: reflections on the Senate
June 9, 2015	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; amendments not presented in committee

Appendix B — Chronological Table

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