I have some good news for Ms. Chow.
Mr. Chairman, I understand that you have received the following letter from the chairman from the Standing Committee on Finance, which says:
Our Committee is currently studying Bill C-45, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures. Please find attached a motion adopted by the Standing Committee on Finance on October 31, 2012, inviting your Committee to consider the subject matter of clauses 156 to 165, 179 to 184, 316 to 350 and 411 to 424, and schedules 1 and 2 of Bill C-45.
The adopted motion also invites your Committee, if it deems it appropriate, to provide us with recommendations, including any suggested amendments. As such, Parliamentary Counsel (Legislation) Wendy Gordon...as well as the Legislative Clerk, Mike MacPherson...can advise you, respectively, on the drafting of amendments, as well as their admissibility, if this was the wish of your committee.
Therefore, I invite you to send me recommendations, including any suggested amendments, of your Committee by letter, in both official languages, no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Our Committee will consider them during its clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill. Finally, if your Committee decides not to suggest any amendments, please notify the Clerk of the Standing Committee on Finance in writing as soon as possible.
That would seem to put the matter to rest.