I'm going to rule on your point of order. Thank you for your contribution here tonight. I'm going to rule on his point of order.
I very clearly stated in the last Parliament the practice we follow. Mr. McCallum knows this very well, as does Mr. Brison, as do all the members. When an extra member of the governing party or of an opposition party shows up, we ask for consent as to whether that person can ask questions. In reference to the section Mr. Lamoureux just referred to, every clerk in this room has indicated to me that this is the correct ruling.
Now, I suppose we could assume that the chair and six clerks of the House of Commons are incorrect, or we could assume that six clerks of the House of Commons plus the chair are correct. Therefore, the easy thing for the Liberal Party to do is either to ask for consent if they don't have it or to substitute in the member they wish to have speak at this committee. That is my ruling, and I'm not going to entertain further points of order on this issue.
I will therefore ask Mr. Lamoureux, who is a subbed-in member, to address clause 8.