Thank you, Mr. Côté.
I have a ruling that applies to NDP-9 and to NDP-10. These amendments seek to amend Bill C-59, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 21, 2015 and other measures. The amendments would result in an increase in the value of the benefit in question. House of Commons Procedure and Practice, second edition, states the following on pages 767 and 768:
Since an amendment may not infringe upon the financial initiative of the Crown, it is inadmissible if it imposes a charge on the public treasury, or if it extends the objects or purposes or relaxes the conditions and qualifications specified in the royal recommendation.
In the opinion of the chair these two amendments propose to increase the value of the said benefit, which would impose an additional charge on the public treasury. Therefore, I rule these two amendments inadmissible.
We will move to NDP-11, which I do not have a ruling on.