Mr. Chair, I just want to point out that under Bosc and Gagnon, chapter 20, essentially when the chair resigned, the committee became unconstituted. Under chapter 20 it says very specifically, “Before a committee can begin to consider its work at the beginning of a parliamentary session, it must be properly constituted; that is, its members must be appointed and a Chair designated.”
I think the argument here is that because the chair resigned, the committee became unconstituted. It has now been reconstituted with the election of a chair and new motions can be entertained.