We are resuming the meeting.
To begin, I want to share two pieces of information with you.
First, we will take a break at 2 p.m. so that members can participate in oral question period in the House.
Second, I want to share the following remarks with you.
We are doing clause-by-clause consideration of a bill. As the name indicates, this is an examination of all the clauses in the order in which they appear in the bill. I will call each clause successively, and each clause is subject to debate and a vote.
If there are amendments to the clause in question, I will recognize the member proposing it, who may explain it.
Amendments will be considered in the order in which they appear in the package of amendments that members have received from the clerk.
Amendments have been given a number in the top right corner to indicate which party submitted them.
During debate on an amendment, members are also permitted to move subamendments.
Amendments must be properly drafted in a legal sense and must be procedurally admissible. The chair may be called upon to rule amendments inadmissible if they go against the principle of the bill or beyond the scope of the bill, since the principle and scope of the bill were adopted by the House of Commons when it agreed to the bill at second reading, or if they offend the financial prerogative of the Crown.
I thank the members for their attention and wish the committee a productive, even pleasant, clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C‑12.
The first clause we're dealing with is clause 2, because pursuant to Standing Order 75(1), consideration of clause 1, which is the short title, is postponed until the end of clause 2.
(On clause 2)