Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu.
Unfortunately, Bloc Québécois amendment 39.1 affects the mandate of the translation bureau and would give the bureau the mandate to use the Government of Canada's purchasing power to develop the Canadian language sector.
Page 772 of the third edition of the House of Commons Procedure and Practice states the following:
Since an amendment may not infringe upon the financial initiative of the Crown, it is inadmissible if it imposes a charge on the public treasury, or if it extends the objects or purposes or relaxes the conditions and qualifications specified in the royal recommendation.
By broadening the translation bureau's mandate, the amendment would infringe upon the financial initiative of the Crown and therefore require a royal recommendation. For that reason, the amendment is inadmissible.
Go ahead, Mr. Godin.