The hon. member has raised a point of order. I suggest he consult a little with the table and sort out his options.
The normal practice, as I said, was for submissions to be made to the Speaker via the clerks once the amendments are submitted. No submissions came from the hon. member in this regard and so the decision was made, as is the usual practice, and would have been the practice with respect to the other submissions.
However, a submission was received from the government House leader asking that special consideration be given to these amendments for technical reasons which are available in a letter.
If the hon. member were to approach the table and receive some advice on this, he might then choose to rise later, but we are on Group No. 1. His would not be in that group in any event, so he has some time.
Perhaps, rather than in the middle of someone's speech, we could hear his submission at a later time. I would be more than happy to consider the matter. I am not wishing to shut him off, but I made a decision based on the submissions that had been received when the decision was reached and there had been no submission.
We took it that these were standard amendments and they were not selected for that reason. It has been the practice for some time in respect of these amendments at report stage to receive submissions, if necessary, and none were received in respect of the amendments put forward by the hon. member for Niagara Falls.
Therefore, that is the simple thing, but I invite him to approach the table and raise the matter later. We will continue with the speech of the hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance.