Chair, first of all, I want to say that I appreciate your giving us all an opportunity to speak on this point of order. Having sat there, I know how difficult it can be with things flying at you from all directions. I do appreciate your understanding on that.
When we look at what's in front of us, it's both of these paragraphs. I think the word that is telling, that links it back to the scope, is the word ”therefore”. If the word ”therefore” were not there, you could argue differently. Being an English teacher and seeing how “therefore” is applied, I know that “therefore” actually applies to what is immediately in front of it, which is asking for an extension and waiting for the House to decide. It is not the extension; it is not that in isolation. We're only asking for an extension because the House has not dealt with the request for an expansion of the scope. To say that the two are severed, I would say, is doing injustice to the motion that is before us.
When all else breaks down, Mr. Chair, we're stuck with the language that is before us. Obviously, past procedures and actions are on the side now. It is “therefore” that links it to what precedes that paragraph. Those whole two paragraphs are preceded by the word “therefore”, and therefore there is a very strong linkage there.