Thank you, Mr. Ste‑Marie.
Is there any further debate on this?
There is a ruling. I will give you my ruling right now.
Bill C-69 amends several acts, including the Excise Act. The amendment seeks to amend section 1 of part 1 of the schedule of the act by adding new rates of duties for absolute ethyl alcohol contained in spirits depending on its production level.
Since paragraph (1) of the said schedule provides for a uniform rate of duties to absolute ethyl alcohol regardless of the quantity produced, the adoption of the amendment would create an incapability in the act, which renders the amendment inadmissible.
As House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states on pages 772 and 773:
Last, an amendment which would render a clause unintelligible or ungrammatical is also out of order.
In the opinion of the chair, the amendment is incompatible paragraph 1(1) of the schedule, and I therefore rule the amendment inadmissible.