Adjournment Motion Proposed under Standing Order 26 / Application Accepted

Urgent issue

Journals p.1156

Debates pp. 6854-5

Background

Mr. Broadbent (Oshawa—Whitby) sought leave to move the adjournment of the House, under the provisions of Standing Order 26, because of "the clear possibility of a conspiracy concerning the concealment of evidence or the failure to take appropriate action pertaining to the illegal break-in by three  police officers at the Agence de Presse Libre on the night of October 6-7, 1972."

Issue

Does the application satisfy the provisions of Standing Order 26?

Decision

The application is accepted.

Reasons given by the Speaker

"The Member's statement in support of his argument for the invocation of this order contains certain allegations and propositions. [I]t is not for the Chair to evaluate them but to accept them as part of an argument in favour of the standing order. It is not for the Chair to decide what practices may or may not be followed." The subject matter of the application qualifies it for debate under the terms of the Standing Order.