Private Members’ Business / Votable and Non-votable Items

Item designated as non-votable: appeal to the House; secret ballot vote

December 13, 2018

Debates, p. 24808

The Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, in its 80th report presented in the House on Thursday, December 6, 2018, recommended that Bill C-421, an act to amend the Citizenship Act (adequate knowledge of French in Quebec), standing in the name of Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l’Île), be designated non-votable. On December 13, 2018, the Speaker informed the House that, as Mr. Beaulieu had appealed the committee’s decision, pursuant to Standing Order 92(4), a vote by secret ballot would be held on Tuesday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30, 2019, on the motion that the bill be declared votable.^[1]

Statement of the Chair

The Speaker: On Thursday, December 6, 2018, the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented its 80th report to the House. In its report, the committee recommended that Bill C-421, an act to amend the Citizenship Act in regard to the adequate knowledge of French in Quebec, standing in the name of the hon. member for La Pointe-de-l’Île, be designated non-votable.

Pursuant to Standing Order 92(4), the member appealed the committee’s decision by filing with the Speaker a motion to that effect signed by himself and at least five other members of the House representing a majority of the recognized parties in the House.

I wish to inform the House that the appeal of the hon. member for La Pointe-de-l’Île in relation to the designation of Bill C-421 meets the requirements of Standing Order 92(4). Accordingly, I direct that a secret ballot be held on Tuesday, January 29 and Wednesday, January 30, 2019, on the following motion:

That Bill C-421, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adequate knowledge of French in Quebec) be declared votable.