Thank you, Mr. Garrison.
Yes, as you've intimated, the chair is going to rule on this. It is deemed as inadmissible, and the chair will give the reasons as follows.
The amendment seeks to create a parliamentary committee on security and intelligence oversight, which would have as its mandate oversight of regulations and activities in the area of intelligence. The mandate would include activities and regulations from all departments, agencies, and civilian and military bodies involved in the collection, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence related to Canada's national security. As House of Commons Procedure and Practice, second edition, states on page 766:
An amendment to a bill that was referred to a committee after second reading is out of order if it is beyond the scope and principle of the bill.
In the opinion of the chair, and of course on the advice of our legislative clerk, the mandate of this proposed committee is much broader than what was envisioned and contained in Bill C-51, and it is therefore beyond the scope of the bill. Therefore I rule the amendment inadmissible
We will now go to PV-59, please.