Bill C-31 provides for the minister to designate countries of origin. The amendment seeks to amend the bill so that the minister must appoint an advisory panel to assist in making the designations.
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, second edition, states at pages 767 and 768:
Since an amendment may not infringe upon the financial initiative of the Crown, it is inadmissible if it imposes a charge on the public treasury, or if it extends the objects or purposes or relaxes the conditions and qualifications specified in the royal recommendation.
Mr. Lamoureux, in my opinion, the amendment proposes a new scheme that seeks to alter the terms and conditions of the royal recommendation, and I therefore rule the amendment inadmissible.
I don't think we can debate my ruling. You can challenge it.