Law360 Canada ( November 27, 2017, 8:33 AM EST) -- Preliminary motion by the respondents, the Board of Internal Economy (Board) and the Speaker of the House of Commons, to strike four applications for judicial review. The applications for judicial review were brought by the applicants, all members or former members of Parliament for the New Democratic Party of Canada. The applications challenged decisions of the Board that the applicants had used parliamentary resources and services in contravention of the Board’s bylaws. The respondents took the position that the Federal Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the applications for judicial review pursuant to the Federal Courts Act, the doctrine of parliamentary privilege, and the House of Commons’ exclusive right to manage its internal affairs. The intervener was a former member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. He supported the position of the applicants and argued in favour of the Federal Court’s jurisdiction over the matters....