Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
Well, sir-
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CON
Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. SPEAKER:
I call the hou. member
to order.
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LIB
Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
Mr. Speaker-
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Some hon. MEMBERS:
Order!
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Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
I appeal against the ruling of the chair.
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Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. SPEAKER:
There is no ruling to
appeal from; I call the hon. member to order.
Criminal Code
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LIB
Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
I appeal against the
ruling of the chair.
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Richard Bedford Bennett (Prime Minister; President of the Privy Council; Secretary of State for External Affairs)
Conservative (1867-1942)
Right Hon. R. B. BENNETT (Prime Minister) :
Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. gentleman has confused the privileges of this house with the privileges of another assembly. According to his statement, a report appears in a newspaper of what took place in the legislature of Ontario, and it is contended that the statements thus appearing are not correct. The privilege is the privilege of someone in the legislature to correct an erroneous statement of what was said in the legislature, not here. There has been no question raised as to the accuracy of the hon. gentleman's statement in this house, neither has it been impugned so far as this house is concerned. The newspaper purported to report what took place in another legislature altogether. If they did it inaccurately, the hon. gentleman might say that it was an inaccurate report of what was alleged to have been said by him. But there is no proof that it was said by a member of the legislature of Ontario or that the report in the newspaper is not wholly inaccurate. That is the ground of the objection that I have frequently urged against the reading of newspaper statements in this house. If we all indulged in that practice, practically the whole time of this house would be taken by each member rising in his place from day to day to explain a misstatement of his position with respect to any given matter. In this case the privilege, if any, is of someone in the legislature of Ontario, and not of someone in this parliament.
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Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
I am prepared to accept your ruling, Mr. Speaker. AH I want is a square deal in this matter.
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Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. SPEAKER:
Order. I have asked the hon. member to keep order. This is no time to speak.
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Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
May I not correct a misquotation of what I said on the floor of this house?
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CON
Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. SPEAKER:
That has already been
done.
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LIB
Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
No, I have not yet
corrected it.
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CON
Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. SPEAKER:
I have asked the hon.
member to resume his seat.
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Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
I am only resuming my
seat, Mr. Speaker, on the ground that as a member of this house I have been unfairly treated and I am appealing against the ruling of the chair.
On the order for motions.
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Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
I want to appeal against
your ruling, Mr. Speaker.
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Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. SPEAKER:
I have ruled that the hon. member is out of order; that is my ruling. He has stated his complaint. He has complained that he was incorrectly reported in a newspaper report of what took place in another legislature which has nothing to do with this house, and I submit that he is not within his rights in going further with the matter here, and I call him to order.
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Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
Then I shall take another opportunity of correcting it.
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CON
Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. SPEAKER:
Order. I do not wish to be driven to naming the hon. member and having him expelled from the chamber.
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LIB
Peter Heenan
Liberal
Mr. HEENAN:
It makes no difference to me. I will come back again anyhow.
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