We'll have a recorded vote.
(Clause 244 agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5)
On new clause 244.1, CPC-16, I do have a ruling.
Bill C-47 amends several acts, including the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. The amendment seeks to establish a new mechanism to reassess the method of calculation of the fiscal equalization payments following a provincial referendum on the matter. This is a new concept that was not envisioned in the bill when it was adopted by the House at second reading.
As House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states on page 770, “An amendment to a bill that was referred to committee after second reading is out of order if it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.”
Therefore, and for the above-stated reason, I rule the amendment inadmissible.