Mr. Chair, I would like to clarify something once again with regard to procedure.
As I said, I don't have a problem with the substance of the motion, but I do want to repeat that it is business under consideration. If you're going to take a substantive motion, it could be brought in without the 48-hour notice if it's under business under consideration. We're not considering China in this meeting. This is a motion that was filed, and it was supposed to be sent to be distributed to the offices of the whips of each recognized party in both official languages by the clerk on the same day that the said notice was transmitted. I am sorry, but as a member I did not receive it.
I've chaired committees in the past, and I would like to ask the clerk if the meaning of the words “business under consideration” is not as I've understood it to be. As Ms. McPherson was saying, let's say we were discussing vaccines, and then somebody gave notice and moved a motion about vaccines while we were discussing vaccines. That's what I thought “business under consideration” was meant to be. It's not that we were in a business meeting.
Could the clerk clarify this for me, please?