Thank you, MP Chambers.
Just for members and for the record, this is part 2 of Bill C-8, which enacts the underused housing tax act: “This Act implements an annual tax of 1% on the value of vacant or underused residential property directly or indirectly owned by non-resident non-Canadians.”
Amendment CPC-1 seeks to prohibit purchases of residential properties by an individual who is neither a citizen nor a permanent resident who does not reside in Canada.
As the House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states on page 770, I will now give my ruling. It is the opinion of the chair that creating a prohibition to purchase a residential property is a new concept that is beyond the scope of the bill. Therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible.