Thank you, Mr. Chair.
There was another motion, which I believe is in order, a motion that was proposed by the government side in relation to the orders of reference from the House respecting bills and the manner in which independents can intervene and propose amendments.
I could read it out, but the gist of the motion is that independents—and there are several in the House—can intervene with amendments on bills at committee.
We believe this is a fair motion in the sense that the committee stage is the appropriate place to have that deeper debate on amendments to bills and specific clauses, a place to have that meaningful discussion. There can be some questioning of the independent member who might have submitted that amendment.
The committee is actually a better forum than the House of Commons is for doing that, and that's why we are proposing this amendment.