This is something I might have raised as a point of order, but since we're having a back-and-forth exchange anyway, I'll just ask the question. How do we reconcile this? We deal with LIB 1, and maybe the clerk will have to give you some advice on this, Madam Chair, because there are such similarities between LIB 1, BQ 10, and NDP 2. I will also point out that NDP 2 also includes the way these would be put into force and rescinded, which I favour of the three. I don't like any of them, but I favour it of the three because of that. If there were to be a vote on LIB 1, what would then happen to BQ 10 and NDP 2? Would they no longer be voted on because they are similar? What would become the status of those?
That's important for members to know if we are to go to a vote on this, because maybe the Bloc, the NDP, Conservative members, or even some Liberal members might prefer one of those suggestions, and if we vote for LIB 1 and those are thrown out as a result, we could be going down a road that maybe people didn't intend to go down.
We need to get some clarity. Where we have these similar recommendations, what happens then when we vote on LIB 1? Does BQ 10 get thrown out? Does NDP 2 get thrown out? If that isn't the case and we then vote on BQ 10, does that take precedence over LIB 1 and it gets thrown out? We need some clarity as to what actually happens here with the votes.