Before we move that, though, I've been instructed by the Library of Parliament that this amendment seeks to amend section 7 of the International River Improvements Act. House of Commons Procedure and Practice, second edition, states on pages 766 and 767 that: ...an amendment is inadmissible if it proposes to amend a statute that is not before the committee or a section of the parent Act, unless the latter is specifically amended by a clause of the bill.
Since section 7 of the International River Improvements Act is not being amended by Bill C-383, it is inadmissible to propose such an amendment. Therefore, my ruling is that the amendment is inadmissible.