That's another issue. We'll get there when I deal with your motion.
Let's just hold on until we get all our members back, and then we'll deal with your motion.
All right, I think we have all of the members back.
There are a number of things we have to do. We have to vote on the supplementary estimates.
Before we do that, there is a motion that came forward from Ms. Boutin-Sweet. I will indicate that first of all that the motion that she brings can be brought at any time, with appropriate notice. We know that's a two-night, 48-hour, two-sleeps kind of notice. If you wanted to bring it again, you could.
With respect to the notice itself that you've brought, you can bring a motion that relates to the subject matter that's under consideration. We can deal with it on that basis.
First of all, I'd like to thank the clerk and the analyst for doing a lot of scurrying around and getting the information for me. I appreciate that you allowed us some time to deal with your motion in order to make a more reasoned decision on it.
The motion reads,
That the Committee ask the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada to release to the Committee the information requested by the Parliamentary Budget Officer on the cuts in her department.
That's the substance of the motion.
The motion itself does not relate to the supplementary estimates (B). Those are not the main estimates, which cover a whole wide range of areas. It doesn't deal with the mains. It specifically deals with things that are added to them, and in this particular case, the requirements for an increase in funding.
The other place it could fall into would be the departmental performance report. The departmental performance report deals with the period of time that ends on March 31, 2012. The Parliamentary Budget Officer's request for information flows from budget 2012, but it commences on April 1, 2012, so it is not within this area. For that reason, I would rule that the motion as put forward is out of order. That's my ruling.
Go ahead, Monsieur Lapointe.