Thank you, MP Ste-Marie.
Again, we also want to thank MP Blaikie, MP Stewart and really all MPs that have come before this committee to speak to this very important measure and how the disease affects so many people, especially our young people with type 1 diabetes.
Members, after my discussions with the legislative clerk, I'm ready to give my ruling on the procedural admissibility of amendment CPC‑1. 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.
Based on the information provided by the officials, the chair is of the opinion that the amendment could impose a change on the public treasury. Therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible.
Amendment NDP-1 is also inadmissible since it is identical.