Speaker's Ruling: The Use of Royal Recommendation (Senate).
By Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Release Date: 1997-06-22
- Genre: Law
Description
Speaker Gildas L. Molgat, The Senate, February 4, 1997. Background: On February 4, 1997, when the Senate resumed sitting following the Christmas adjournment, Speaker Molgat delivered an important ruling on a point of order respecting Bill S-12, an Act for providing self-government by the First Nations of Canada. The point of order challenged the propriety of proceeding with the bill because the bill did not have a royal recommendation and it was alleged that it required one.
