So before we go any further, as I said, Bill C-304 provides for the minister responsible for CMHC to consult with the provincial ministers to establish a national housing strategy. This amendment proposes to allow the Province of Quebec to opt out of the national strategy.
As House of Commons Procedure and Practice, second edition, states on page 766,
An amendment to a bill that was referred to a committee after second reading is out of order if it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.
In the opinion of the chair, the introduction of this opt-out provision is contrary to the principle of Bill C-304, and therefore is inadmissible.
If there's no more discussion on that, I'm going to move to subclause 3(1), BQ-2.
Go ahead, Ms. Leslie.