Thank you, Mr. Doherty.
Upon reflection on this particular amendment, there are two elements here. You're proposing to establish a negotiation procedure for the compensation of fishermen. On that, there are two things. I'll refer first to page 767, which talks about.... You're asking the crown to spend money. I'm not going to quote from that; I just did that. However, compensation of fishermen would impose a new charge on the public treasury. In addition to that, I refer to page 766, which states, “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 the negotiation procedure does go beyond the scope of the bill. Therefore, for both those reasons, I have to deem this amendment inadmissible.
(Clause 13 agreed to)
(Clauses 14 to 17 inclusive agreed to)
On CPC-19, Mr. Doherty.