Thank you very much.
I thank our staff here on this issue, and I will read the ruling of the chair.
Obviously, the amendment seeks to amend section 34 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act.
As House of Commons Procedure and Practice, second edition, states on pages 766 and 767, “an amendment is inadmissible if it proposes to amend a statute that is not before the committee or a section of the parent Act, unless the latter is specifically amended by a clause of the bill.” Since section 34 of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act is not being amended by Bill C-44, the amendment is inadmissible.
That is the ruling, of course, from our clerk and analyst, who have researched this, Mr. Garrison.