Madam Chair, I'm not in a position to challenge your ruling as a non-member of the committee, but the participant funding program has been established. It's been stated elsewhere that it's the central purpose of the act. My amendment is a housekeeping detail to make sure it's substantive. It's not creating a new spending power, and it's not altering the purpose of the legislation, nor the government's intent to ensure that participant funding is available throughout the process.
If my amendment is inappropriate, I hope that the government will look at this again and perhaps fix this at report stage.