Well, Mr. Chair, I've never had occasion to challenge any of your rulings. I am sure it is, as you've described, well founded in the traditions of the House, but I do want to speak to clause 162, because it very clearly is another example of the government steamrolling over the provinces.
We've seen this with the crime bill and throwing billions of dollars in additional charges onto the provinces. We've seen this in a number of other issues.
Now we have this intent to set up a transition for an office to which, as my colleague Mr. Mai has indicated, the majority of provinces are opposed. My province of British Columbia is concerned about this attempt as well.
It is clearly not an appropriate clause within this bill. To throw this into an omnibus budget bill that covers so many different aspects is inappropriate, and I cannot vote in favour of this particular clause.