Speaker Lamoureux then decided that he as Speaker did not have the authority to decide whether Mr. Berger should be suspended on behalf of the House. Here, he invoked a Speaker's precedent from this House of Commons in 1875, in which the issue arose of whether an MP could take a seat and vote despite not having signed the roll and taken the MP's oath.
Ce dernier a ensuite conclu que la présidence n'avait pas le pouvoir d'établir, au nom de la Chambre, si M. Berger devrait être suspendu.
