Appendix — 39th Parliament Chronological Table

39th Parliament, 1st Session
Date	Chapter	Decision
April 6, 2006	Special Debates	Take-note Debates Chair’s statement: guidelines for the conduct of take-note debates
May 3, 2006	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: public servants’ refusal to communicate with a Member during dissolution
May 31, 2006	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Establishment of first Order of Precedence: Speaker’s statement regarding royal recommendation
June 1, 2006	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: Member casting aspersions on another Member over a matter before the Ethics Commissioner
June 8, 2006	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: requirement to table a document from which a Minister has quoted
June 20, 2006	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; admissibility of motions negatived in committee
September 20, 2006	Special Debates	Emergency Debates Leave refused: Maher Arar inquiry: matter deemed not an emergency
October 3, 2006	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Motions: Standing Order 56.1; extension of sitting to continue debate on second reading of a Government bill
October 3, 2006	Special Debates	Take-note Debates Chair’s statement: guidelines for the conduct of take-note debates
October 5, 2006	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: Member alleged to have given a misleading response to a question; distinction between a matter of debate and a question of privilege
October 18, 2006	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Questions on the Order Paper: splitting by the Speaker
October 19, 2006	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: termination of funding to Law Commission of Canada
October 30, 2006	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: Minister alleged to have made disrespectful comments towards another Member
November 1, 2006	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Business of ways and means: motion not necessary for a tax deferral
November 7, 2006	Private Members’ Business	Similar Items Private Members’ bills: similar items on the Order of Precedence
November 21, 2006	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; admissibility of motion seeking to correct an error in the committee report
December 7, 2006	The Decision-making Process	Miscellaneous Recorded divisions: decorum
February 1, 2007	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum References to Members: misleading versus deliberately misleading the House
February 14, 2007	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Royal recommendation: repeated raising of similar points of order
February 23, 2007	Rules of Debate	Process of Debate Motions: admissibility; suspension of certain Standing Orders
February 27, 2007	The Legislative Process	Stages Consideration in committee: report to the House; inadmissible amendments
March 22, 2007	Committees	Committee Proceedings Committees sitting during a recorded division in the House
March 29, 2007	Financial Procedures	Business of Supply Opposition motions: admissibility; adoption of several bills at all stages
April 17, 2007	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Unparliamentary language
April 24, 2007	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Reference to members of the public
May 3, 2007	The Legislative Process	Form of Bills Ways and means bills: Member arguing subclause to be inappropriate delegation of subordinate law
May 28, 2007	Committees	Witnesses Evidence: alleged existence of an instruction manual for Chairs of committees on managing witnesses
May 29, 2007	Private Members’ Business	Votable and Non-votable Items Item dropped to the bottom of the Order of Precedence: no report on votability of item
June 5, 2007	The Daily Program	Routine Proceedings Motions: Standing Order 56.1; directing the business of committees

39st Parliament, 2nd Session
Date	Chapter	Decision
October 22, 2007	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: administrative responsibility of the Government; election expenditures of a political party
October 23, 2007	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: premature disclosure of Speech from the Throne to members of the media
November 13, 2007	Financial Procedures	Business of Supply Allotted days: apportionment between parties
November 19, 2007	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Unparliamentary language
November 21, 2007	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: motions in amendment; motion to restore the content of a bill defeated
November 28, 2007	Private Members’ Business	Financial Limitation Business of ways and means: motion required for bill seeking an increase in taxation
February 4, 2008	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom from obstruction, interference, intimidation and molestation: access to information allegedly blocked by a public servant
February 8, 2008	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: question concerning matters before committees; answered by Government House Leader
February 12, 2008	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: question concerning matters before committees; regarding committee proceedings and not agenda
February 13, 2008	Special Debates	Emergency Debates Leave granted: livestock industry; concurrence in a report by a committee on the same matter prevented due to a request for a Government response pursuant to Standing Order 109
February 15, 2008	Rules of Debate	Process of Debate Motions: admissibility due to length and content of preamble
March 6, 2008	The Legislative Process	Stages Introduction and first reading: admissibility; bill argued to be in violation of parent act
March 6, 2008	Financial Procedures	Business of Supply Opposition motions: admissibility; application of confidence convention
March 12, 2008	The House and Its Members	Miscellaneous Notice of motion: motion not included in the Projected Order of Business
March 13, 2008	Financial Procedures	Business of ways and means Legislative phase: admissibility; motion to implement certain provisions of the budget
March 14, 2008	Rules of Debate	Order and Decorum Minister alleged to have misled the House regarding commitment to appear before a committee
March 14, 2008	Committees	Mandate Standing committee exceeding its mandate
April 3, 2008	The Daily Program	Daily Proceedings Oral Questions: questions concerning matters before committees; response by Vice-Chair argued to be inappropriate
April 10, 2008	Committees	Witnesses Evidence: question of privilege; contempt of the House; providing false and misleading testimony; prima facie
April 17, 2008	The Legislative Process	Form of Bills Drafting: constitutionality; improper form
May 6, 2008	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: admissibility of motions in amendment; deletion of clauses argued to infringe on financial initiative of the Crown
May 8, 2008	The Legislative Process	Stages Third reading: amendment to recommit bill to committee; admissibility
May 12, 2008	The Legislative Process	Stages Report stage: power of the Speaker to select amendments; not presented in committee
May 15, 2008	Committees	Mandate Report: admissibility questioned for committee exceeding mandate
May 29, 2008	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of the House Contempt of the House: Government advertising alleged to have anticipated a decision of the House
June 17, 2008	Parliamentary Privilege	Rights of Members Freedom of speech and right to vote: libel suit and recusal of a Member; prima facie
June 18, 2008	Private Members’ Business	Votable and Non-votable Items Item dropped to the bottom of the Order of Precedence: no report on votability of item
June 20, 2008	Committees	Mandate Standing committee exceeding its mandate

Appendix — 39th Parliament Chronological Table

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