Thank you, Mr. Shipley.
The chair's ruling on this is that Bill C-20 establishes the public complaints and review commission and amends other acts and statutory instruments. The bill states that some powers are given to the commission and that the chairperson of the commission has the rank and all the power of a deputy head of a department. The amendment seeks to give the chairperson all the powers of a peace officer, which is a new concept that goes beyond the scope of the bill as adopted by the House at second reading.
As House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states on page 770, “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 for the above-stated reason, I rule the amendment inadmissible.
Shall clause 5 carry?
(Clause 5 agreed to on division)
(On clause 6)
This brings us to clause 6 and CPC‑3.
Mr. Shipley, did you wish to move this?