Certainly this has given us and members opposite the opportunity to give this issue some sober second thought. Clearly the clerk or whoever gave the advice indicated that the motion was out of order and the chair so ruled. The motion that set up this committee said that
...the HUMA committee will study the impact of cancelling the long-form census,
--that's what we're here for, that's our mandate--
particularly as it relates to planning and tracking of vital social trends related to economic security, labour markets, and social program development for those Canadians living and on the cusp of living in poverty, and that this committee report back to the House its conclusion and findings...
That motion is out of order. It's also out of order because of Standing Order 108(2). There may have been some confusion that if we were to rule Mr. Lessard's motion out of order, what that would do to the study. Madame Folco raised that issue with me, and I indicated--