Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The first time around, the government was being asked to provide a response pursuant to Standing Order 109. That section sets out the number of days within which the government must respond and allows a debate to be held in the House. However, even if Mr. Jowhari's amendment had carried, the committee could have tabled its report immediately. In my opinion, Ms. Lapointe is proposing we wait and table the report once we've concluded our consideration of the Trans Mountain project and finalized our report.
In my opinion, these are two separate motions. Mr. Jowhari's amendment sought to table the report immediately but then wait for the government's response. Ms. Lapointe's amendment seeks to wait until both the study and the report are completed before tabling the report. In my opinion, those are two different motions and I would say that the motion is in order.