Adjournment Motion Proposed under Standing Order 26 / Application Accepted

Urgent issue; no other opportunity for debate

Journals p. 97

Debates pp. 903-4

Background

Mr. Broadbent (Oshawa—Whitby) sought leave to move the adjournment of the House, under the provisions of Standing Order 26, to discuss the crisis in the meat-producing industry, manifested by the destruction of calves in Quebec, and the high prices being paid by consumers throughout the country.

Issue

Does this application satisfy the provisions of Standing Order 26?

Decision

The application is accepted.

Reasons given by the Speaker

Although the motion alludes to the somewhat general problem of rising food costs, the specific reference to actions taken in Quebec takes the matter out of the reach of generality and gives it an urgency which, in the opinion of the Chair, brings it within the provisions of Standing Order 26.

Also, the Chair is satisfied that there will be no other reasonable opportunity for discussion of this situation within the time which would be appropriate for effective consideration vis-a-vis the emergency nature of the occurrence itself.