Clause 3 proposes, among other things, to make an amendment to proposed paragraph 5(l) of the application section of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to include departments or agents of Her Majesty that sell prescribed precious metals. This amendment proposes to also include in this section persons in the business of money lending, including “payday lenders”, persons or entities in the business of selling new and used motorized vehicles, as well as persons in the business of buying and selling precious metals, stones, and jewellery. This broadens the scope of the application of the bill.
According to page 654 of Marleau and Montpetit, “An amendment to a bill that was referred to a committee after second reading is out of order if it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.” In my view, this amendment goes beyond the scope of Bill C-25 and is therefore inadmissible.