Thank you, Chair.
I hopefully won't take too long on this point of privilege, but it's a serious matter that I want to address regarding a decision that was taken by this committee at the last meeting. It was the second time that this happened, and so we have a very serious precedent that has been set within this committee. It was a decision to pass a motion during a point of order.
Now, we all know that is not proper procedure. It's against the House rules. I'd like to share with the committee and remind them the first time this happened. It was on March 5, and I would like to read what happened.
On March 5, it's recorded in the blues at approximately 16:05 hours, so that's 4:05, and it begins with this.
Mr. Nathan Cullen is recorded as saying: Mr. Chair, on this point of order?
The Chair: Yes, Mr. Cullen, I have basically said that a point of order goes beyond what Mr. Warawa is dealing with, but because it's your bill....
Mr. Nathan Cullen: I'd just like to allow the Conservative members to have their interventions while respecting what you just said, in terms of staying focused and respecting time, and introduce a motion for a five-minute limit on any intervention on any clause.
Mr. Cullen introduced that motion.
The next speaker was me.
Mr. Mark Warawa: Do I have the floor?
The Chair: Yes.
I don't believe you can move on a point of order. You have to have the floor in order to move that and he has to move it once this clause has been dealt with.
Mr. Nathan Cullen: If that is your ruling, I'd like to challenge your ruling again.
Mr. Mark Warawa: It's not a ruling, that's the rules.
Mr. Nathan Cullen: To me, that's what it was.
Mr. Mark Warawa: That's the rules.
The Chair: So if it's a ruling, then, I would cede to my advisers here and say that they're suggesting that's the rules of the House that, in fact....