Thank you, MP Lawrence.
Now I'll give you my ruling.
Bill C-69 amends several acts, including the Canada Student Loans Act. The amendment seeks to add “family physician assistant” to the list of people who would be eligible for student loan forgiveness.
As 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, the amendment alters the terms and conditions of the initial royal recommendation, thereby imposing a charge on the public treasury. Therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible. This ruling also applies to amendment CPC-21, since it is consequential.
Members, I will move to NDP-1.
MP Davies, would you like to move this amendment?