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The Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole and the other Presiding Officers are now vested with all the legal powers of the Speaker when he or she is absent from the House as set out in the Parliament of Canada Act and in the Standing Orders of the House. The primary roles of the Deputy Speaker and the other Presiding Officers are to support the Speaker in the Chamber in presiding over the business of the House, to take the Chair when the House sits as a Committee of the Whole and, on occasion, to chair legislative committees. In addition, the Deputy Speaker has certain administrative responsibilities. The Deputy Speaker usually serves on the Board of Internal Economy and is a member of the Executive Committee. When the House forms itself into a Committee of the Whole, it is the duty of the Chairman of Committees of the Whole to take the Chair. |
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