He or she was empowered to direct a Member to discontinue a speech if it was deemed either irrelevant or repetitious after the attention of the House had been called to the matter. [12] In moving the adoption of this rule, Sir Wilfrid Laurier observed that it was “the English rule copied word for word”.
[12] En proposant l’adoption de cette règle, Sir Wilfrid Laurier fit remarquer qu’elle reprenait mot pour mot la règle anglaise.