Thank you very much, Ms. Idlout.
We were waiting to make a ruling on this, depending on what kinds of amendments came up through the bill. Similarly to NDP-1, the amendment seeks to make a substantive modification to the “water services” definition in the interpretation clause.
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states on page 773:
The interpretation clause of a bill is not the place to propose a substantive amendment to a bill unless other amendments have been adopted that would warrant amendments to the interpretation clause.
In the opinion of the chair, the proposed amendment is a substantive amendment to the interpretation clause. Therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible.
Ms. Idlout, would you like to challenge that decision?