Mr. Chair, I would like to suggest an alternative. I know that Mr. Champoux unfortunately cannot move an amendment to his own motion. I would also like to point out that we have not received the English text of the motion. The text of the amendment was actually drafted in French only.
Finally, I would like to point out that, in other committees where a member wanted to make an amendment to their own motion, the chair has sought unanimous consent of the committee to allow the member to withdraw their original motion and reintroduce the motion with the amendment. In fact, this has always been allowed in every committee in which I have participated.
With your permission, Mr. Chair, I move that Mr. Champoux be allowed to withdraw his original motion and reintroduce it with the proposed amendment.