There is a ruling. Bill C-41 amends the Criminal Code to create a regime under which the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness may authorize an eligible person to carry out, in a geographic area that is controlled by a terrorist group and for certain purposes, activities that otherwise would be prohibited.
The prohibited activities within the scope of the bill are set out in existing paragraph 83.03(b), which becomes new subsection 83.03(2), of the code and specifically concern the collection or provision of property or services for use by a terrorist group.
The amendment proposes to allow the minister to authorize an eligible person to carry out activities that would otherwise be prohibited under the other provisions of part II.1 of the Criminal Code in a geographic area that is controlled by a terrorist group.
As House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states on page 70, “An amendment to a bill that was referred to committee after second reading is out of order if it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.” In the opinion of the chair, allowing exceptions to prohibited activities under the whole of part II.1 of the Criminal Code is beyond the scope of the bill; therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible.