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Chair does not usually hear points of order during Adjournment Proceedings

Debates, p. 5892

Context

On December 5, 1991, Joy Langan (Mission—Coquitlam) had discussed the issue of the Meme breast implants during the Adjournment Proceedings. Following the reply by Michel Champagne (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Forestry), Ms. Langan attempted to rise on a point of order.[1] The decision of the Deputy Speaker (Andrée Champagne) is reproduced in part below[2].

Decision of the Chair

The Deputy Speaker: I have a difficulty right now because our rules say that I should not have accepted a point of order in the midst of the adjournment motion. This is the adjournment motion, which is what the late show is called. I should not accept points of order during this part of our debate.

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[1] Debates, December 5, 1991, pp. 5891-2.

[2] Other decisions indicating that points of order could not be raised during Adjournment Proceedings can be found in Debates, January 27, 1987, p. 2764, May 21, 1992, p. 11053 and June 2, 1992, p. 11283.