We'll have a recorded division on CPC-22, please.
(Amendment negatived: nays 6; yeas 5 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
CPC-22 is defeated.
The next amendment is BQ-1.
Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare, authorizes the Minister of Health to make payments to a province or territory if an agreement has been entered into with that province or territory. The amendment provides for payments from the minister to the province or territory, even if no agreement has been entered into. House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, page 772, states, “Since an amendment may not infringe upon the financial initiative of the Crown, it is inadmissible if it imposes a charge on the public treasury, or if it extends the objects or purposes or relaxes the conditions and qualifications specified in the royal recommendation.”
In the opinion of the chair, the amendment seeks to alter the terms and conditions of the royal recommendation and could impose a new charge on the public treasury. Therefore, I rule this amendment inadmissible.