MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS — Making Life More Affordable for Canadians Bill
Point of Order--Speaker pro tempore's Ruling
March 12, 2026
I have a point of order.
We have received a message from the House of Commons on a bill that has been passed in this chamber. There has been a tradition, obviously, for the Speaker in the chair to show a great deal of flexibility, as you are showing in this particular instance, but the process of deliberations on receiving a message is not to relitigate and reopen debate on the actual bill. It is to give our opinion on the message at hand.
I think Senator McPhedran, with all due respect right now, is relitigating and redebating a process we have already been through on two different readings in this chamber. With all due respect, Your Honour.
Honourable senators, I wish to remind the chamber that the debate at present is on the motion in reply to the message from the House of Commons relating to Bill C-4, An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure. While our practice has always been to be flexible and encourage debate, I would ask honourable senators to kindly focus their remarks on the matter before us.
