Mr. Chair, you had proper notice of a motion, and you have to deal with that motion. If you don't accept the amendment as an amendment, you are faced with dealing with two motions that talk about the same issue. Get proper advice. You are creating a problem for this committee. If the first notice of motion passes, what effect does that have on the second? If it doesn't pass, what effect does that have on the second? What should be an amendment has become a main motion. It just doesn't make sense.
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