Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for outlining your reasons for making the decision that you have made.
I will be challenging the decision of the chair. The reason I will be challenging the decision of the chair, Madam Chair.... First of all, let me thank you for laying out your reasons. You didn't have to, and you did. I would respectfully submit that the chair should have taken a look at the green book, as you called it, where it says:
The Chair is not bound to give reasons for his or her vote and is free to vote either way. However, when bills are being studied, the Chairs of legislative or standing committees normally vote in such a way as to maintain the status quo or to keep the matter open for further discussion, just as the Speaker would do in similar circumstances in the House.
That is the only reference to what we're doing. I would argue, as I do challenge the chair, that this does not permit the status quo, but indeed is breaking new ground for the ethics committee and—