There was good discussion.
(Amendment negatived [See Minutes of Proceedings])
NDP-23 is inadmissible as it requires a royal recommendation. I will go through the reasons, Mr. Dusseault.
Clause 315 of Bill C-97 proposes the poverty reduction act. Amendment NDP-23 seeks to increase the maximum number of members on the national advisory council on poverty.
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states on page 772:
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, increasing the maximum number of members on the national advisory council on poverty would impose a charge on the public treasury and alter the terms and conditions of the royal recommendation. Therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible.
Turning to PV-6, it's deemed moved. Are there any comments?
Ms. Bendayan.