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Orono Weekly Times, For example, allegations and charges against anather member are points of order. Hawever, memrbers routineiy raise such issues as points of privilege. As a resuit, the Speaker is frequently con.- fronted with an awkward choîce. He nmust decide Wednesday, August 25, 1982, 5 whether to allaw the Member ta continue speaking, or ta cail hlm ta order and ask him ta stop taiking and sit down because hie is technically flot abiding by the rules of the Legislature. In my next colun I will deal with the problems anis- (Continued page 7) Ron Barber, (seconid fromn Cor, right> of Clarke Township, Most explains his work in wood B carvings at the Art Loft ta A Il at the Art Loft Elizabeth Bunton, Orono, Friday through ta late Sun- wood carving as well as spin- displays her art of spinning ta day evening. ning and weaving., Don Staples and Amy Mor-- The Art Loft featured a -Bath Don Stapies and Amy ton at the successful Art Loft nu-ber of warks in ails, Mortan had their work an art show and sale held last water colours, sculpturing, dispiay at the Loft. Sam at... Queen' s Park Re: The Hoie of the Speaker August 23, 1982 In this column and subse- quent columns, 1 wouid like ta share with you some of my experiences as Deputy Speaker of the Ontario Legisiature. 1 have heid this position since the election and during the past year 1 have hiad a number of 'in- teresting experiences in trying to control the House, or M, ~ specificafly, the These experiences have led me ta undertake a study of the raie of the Speaker and the pracedurai rules, known as the Standing Orders, by which the House is run. As a resuit of this review, 1 have -made a numnber of recammendatians for changes in the Standing Orders which 1 wili expiain in a future column. Meanwhile, in this first calumn on the subiject, 1 would like ta begîn by talking about the pro- blems stemming. fram- the Members' use of their parliarnentary privilege. Originally privilege had a very narrow and specific meaning in parliamnent and was intended ta reinforce and safeguard the basic rights and freedoms of members, bath in their individual and collec- tive capacities. Indiv/iduial rights include freedom, of speech, freedom from arrest and civil actions and freedomn from threats and bribery attempts. The privileges of the House as a whale include contrai aver its own praceedings and its own members. The rights of privilege are asserted simply by a member standing and obtaining the Speaker's at- tention by annauncing, "Point of privilege, Mr. Speaker. " Over the years the tradi- tional restricted meaning of priviiege in Canadian Parliaments has been expand- ed. Now Members quite often use privilege very loase- lysa they may gain the floar, ta0 correct erraneous newspaper quatatians, men- tion birthdays, and pravide explanations,, ta give just a few examples. Opposition members use the Opiportunity of rising an a point of privilege ta embar- rass the Government. Government Members use the appartunity ta, praise the gaverriment, wieal members use fthe appartunity ta emphasize ta their consti- tuents in their ridings haw well they are working an their behalf. Members have tended ta seek a paint of privilege with increasing frequency precise- ly because its meaning is am,.- biquous. There is no doubt that standing on a point of privilege autamiatically focuses the attention of the whole Parliament, nat ta mention the Press Gallery and the public galleries an the member wha is standing. However, it mnakes iittle dif- ference, in mast cases, whether or not the Speaker decides if the issue raised by the Member is prima facie a p oint of privilege. By making this point in the Chamber, the Member's remarks are noted and become part of the official record of the House. Thus, he has achieved his ob- jective, In practice, two factors have made it difficult for the Speaker ta determine what constitutes a prima fadie point of privilege. First, there is the wide divergence already noted between the original parliamentary meaning of privilege and the conven- tional or operational use of privilege in the House on a day-ta-day basis. Second, points of privilege are not as carefuily defined as they might be in the Standing Orders for the Ontario Legislature. This lack of definition in turn ieads ta confusion between points of privilege and points of order. Orono Figure Skating 7Club REGISTRATION September 2 & 16 at the ORONO ARENA 690 prY oS .IT Half lof Fees are needed at registration time. Balance by December l5th, 1982. JUNIORS $5000 INTERMEDIATES $80.00 SENIORS $9000 C.F.S.A. 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