In response to that, I would say, first, the fact that the procedure has already been adopted by 1 of 24 committees is not, in and of itself, significant. Second, as far as I know, during Parliament's entire history, the procedure had never been used prior to the passing of Bill C-60. There is no parliamentary tradition, then, that says independent members or members of an unrecognized caucus can be forced to submit their amendments to the House. As Mr. Saxton mentioned, this prevents them from moving the amendments and even debating them in the House at report stage.
The two are related. Without this motion, independent members, who do not have a standing right to participate in committees, could propose amendments at report stage. What this motion does, however, is prevent them from doing so because they're being given the opportunity to discuss them at a very superficial level in committee.
With respect to Bill C-60—and correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Chair—independent members who were allowed to propose amendments had 30 seconds to do so.