Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm still in shock that we've allowed this amendment to go. I'm again raising that in the latest and fourth edition of parliamentary practice, it says, on page 894, “Furthermore, motions moved in committee must not go beyond the committee's mandate or infringe upon the...prerogative of the Crown.” That is relating to the appropriation of public revenues. As well, it says, “A motion that is the same in substance as one already...decided in the same session is inadmissible; however, a member may move a motion which, although similar, is sufficiently different as to constitute a new question.” That's on page 894.
Mr. Chair, you've ruled previously that such motions are out of order. This member, the same member, has made an almost identical study before, and we disposed of it as a committee. I ask you to reconsider that, because this is about the rules of this place, and the fourth edition clearly backs that up.