I'm going to briefly recess to discuss this with the clerk.
Can I call the committee back to session, please?
First of all, thank you, committee members, for bearing with me in this role. I wasn't expected to sit here today and to have to make such an immediate determination.
I've reviewed with the clerk and the analysts the point of order, as Mr. Volpe has articulated it, under section 108 of the Standing Orders. I won't read the section on the powers of standing committees, because I believe, having consulted and also just having read it and reviewed it, that this section could be interpreted either way on this issue. This is, in my opinion, a public safety issue in terms of what has been requested here. We could look at this and probably determine it one way or the other.
So in light of the fact that we are here to deal with this significant issue of public safety, I'm ruling the point of order out of order.