Madam Speaker, I will now attempt to make my point. Citation 567 of Beauchesne's says this with regard to amendments:
The object of an amendment may be either to modify a question in such a way as to increase its acceptability or to present to the House a different proposition as an alternative to the original question.
Citation 568 states: “It is an imperative rule that every amendment must be relevant to the question on which the amendment is proposed”.
The fact of the matter is the amendment that the government put forward on the Conservative motion changes that motion substantially. The Conservatives are attempting to establish and the Liberal government is insinuating that there is an established process and it wants it to be continued. That is substantially different.