Mr. Michel Bédard at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

June 5th, 2023 / 5:35 p.m.

Interim Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, House of Commons

The House or committees will decide the order they will issue. If an order is not complied with, the matter could be raised as a question of privilege, and there could be rulings from the Speaker. There were such rulings in 2009, 2011 and 2021, and they have all recognized the—

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