Thank you, Mr. Davies.
Bill C-15 amends the Bank Act to introduce new measures in respect of consumer-targeted fraud. The amendment seeks to create a new clause whereby determinations made by external complaints bodies are binding on member institutions.
As House of Commons Procedure and Practice, fourth edition, states in section 16.74, “An amendment to a bill that was referred to a committee after second reading is out of order if it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.”
It is my opinion that this new clause creates a new requirement for the external complaints body, which is a new concept that is beyond the scope of the bill. Therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible.
(On clause 335)
We are moving on to clause 335.
Mr. Davies, would you like to introduce NDP-12?