Okay.
Bill C-5 limits the financial liability of a nuclear installation's operator to $650 million. The amendment proposes to increase this threshold in cases where an operator fails to prove that a nuclear incident was not caused by the operator's negligence.
The rule against offending the financial initiative of the crown applies. And here I note that the bill is accompanied by a royal recommendation that provides for “the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out”.
This is expressed in Marleau and Montpetit on page 655: “An amendment is therefore inadmissible if it imposes a charge on the Public Treasury, or if it exceeds the objects or purposes or relaxes the conditions and qualifications as expressed in the Royal Recommendation.”
It's clear that in proposing to introduce an additional financial liability limit the amendment is altering the terms and conditions of the royal recommendation. Therefore, I find that the amendment infringes on the financial initiative of the crown, and on that basis I must rule it inadmissible.