We have NDP amendment 18.
I do want to make a ruling on this amendment. I want to be clear as to why I'm making this ruling. I'm going to actually quote from House of Commons Procedure and Practice. What this amendment does and what all the successive amendments from the NDP do--from amendment 18 to 35--is to seek to delete all the lines of the clause. On page 656, House of Commons Procedure and Practice states:
An amendment is out of order if it simply attempts to delete a clause, since in that case all that needs to be done is to vote against the adoption of the clause in question.
As members are aware, parliamentary practice states that members cannot do indirectly what cannot be done directly. Therefore, amendment 18 and all successive amendments until 35 will be inadmissible. I hope that's clear.