Actually, Mr. Chair, I'm not speaking of the department at all on this; I'm in particular asking you what the standard is to have a royal recommendation passed—is it direct or indirect expenditure?—and the relevancy of the clause. This particular clause, for instance, is the best example, and the first one to come to us since the last one was ruled out of order. It is a clause that doesn't deal with Bill C-30; it deals with CEPA, so what's the relevancy of it?
I don't want to sit here and challenge everything that comes forward if it's a good idea, but at the same time, I want to make sure we're acting within the parameters that we have in the legislation and in Marleau and Montpetit. We have a book with rules and we have to follow those rules, and I think it would help all the committee members to know what those rules are and what particular ones you're going to rule out of order, and why.