Thank you, sir.
Amendment NDP-7 proposes: Any member of the House of Commons who was elected with the endorsement of a registered political party and ceases to be a member of the caucus of that party during the term for which he or she was elected shall sit in the House of Commons as an independent and shall be considered as such for all proceedings in the House of Commons during the remainder of the member's term.
The House of Commons Procedure and Practice states on page 654: “An amendment to a bill that was referred to a committee after second reading or a bill at report stage is out of order if it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.”
The chairman rules that amendment NDP-7 is a new concept that is beyond the scope of Bill C-2 and is consequently inadmissible.
We therefore will move to Liberal amendment L-6.4, which is on page 75.1.
Ms. Jennings.