Thank you, Mr. Lessard.
I have some concerns about one of the words in this amendment. I would like our legal analyst just to provide some explanation; she did for me. I think it might answer a few questions.
The Speaker ruled that the previous amendment was out of order because there was an opting-out provision, which was a new concept that exceeded the scope defined in clause 3. Your amendment is “Quebec may”, and I would interpret “may” as an option: may or may not. My concern is again that this is providing an option, and it would just be for Quebec, not all provinces.
That's my concern. I'm going to ask our clerk to take a moment to tell the rest of the committee what she has told me about why she feels comfortable with it, because I don't.