You're quite correct. The Speaker does have the discretion to allow amendments at report stage. He generally does not allow them if the amendment has already been dealt with in committee in clause-by-clause, in which case I would suggest that this committee, because we're presuming good faith when the chair asks the parliamentary secretary....
Now that there has been clarification that production of one plant would come under the minimum mandatories, everyone appears to be convinced that this was not the intention even of the government, although we could be mistaken about that. This committee may wish, in its wisdom, to instruct the chair to send a letter to the Speaker saying that while this amendment was voted against, the committee, should a similar amendment be tabled at report stage, would be more than happy to have or would welcome a decision that the Speaker rule it in order and allow it.