Mr. Chairman, we consider that last Tuesday you unilaterally and illegally suspended the meeting of your own volition.
We therefore consider that it was an adjournment. We all know that committees follow the same rules as the House of Commons and that they are perceived as appendices of it. Consequently, when the House resumes its work the day following an adjournment, there is a requirement to adopt a new agenda. And I would add in passing — and you can see it every day in the Order Paper — that there is no requirement for the House nor for committees to resume the debate interrupted the day before. We therefore believe that we should proceed with the adoption of a new agenda.
I am therefore proposing the adoption of the following agenda: that the Committee immediately undertake the study of the report of its subcommittee on agenda and procedure and that it conclude this study before dealing with any other matter.
I have here before me the text of some Standing Orders that support what I am putting forward. I also have quotes drawn from Marleau-Montpetit in support of my proposal. Therefore, I am asking you, Mr. Chairman, to hand down a decision and rule immediately.