The Chair thanks the hon. government House leader for taking this matter up before the House and the hon. member for Wascana for his comments in assisting the Chair on the matter. I will take the matter under advisement and return to the House with a decision in due course.
I note that if the decision is one that relates to the requirement for a royal recommendation, the Chair may make a decision about that at any time prior to the third reading of the bill, so there is obviously a matter of months.
The concern I have in making a decision on the other points raised by the government House leader as to what the bill means is whether I can produce a decision on that matter, given the research I think will be necessary to examine the documents he has tabled and the bill, before tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. when I believe the debate begins on this particular item. The worst that could happen is we would have one hour of debate on it and then if there were a problem it would become apparent before the second hour of debate, which will not happen for some time.
If that ends up being the case, I hope hon. members will be understanding of the Chair's inability to render a decision forthwith on this subject.
It is my duty, pursuant to Standing Order 38, to inform the House that the questions to be raised tonight at the time of adjournment are as follows: the hon. member for Hull—Aylmer, the federal public service; the hon. member for Thunder Bay—Rainy River, border security.