Thank you, MP Davies.
I will now give my ruling.
Bill C-69 amends several acts, including the Canada Student Loans Act, and the amendment seeks to add “occupational therapist” to the list of people who would be eligible for student loan forgiveness.
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. The ruling also applies to amendment NDP-2 since it is consequential.
(Clause 156 agreed to)
(Clause 157 agreed to)