Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The member for St. John's East knows that, as chair of the committee, I am quite a stickler on rules and procedures. I know you are aware, Mr. Speaker, but I also want to ensure the member is aware of this. When we are debating at report stage and dealing with an amendment, it states quite clearly in House of Commons Procedure and Practice, chapter 13, rules of decorum, on page 626:
To avoid excessive repetition of debate, the Speaker has the power to select and to combine motions in amendment.
You have done this with Motions Nos. 1 and 2, Mr. Speaker.
It goes on to say:
The Speaker can also control debate through the use of the relevance rule as applied to debate on clauses of a bill. Despite the similarities between debate at report stage to that at committee stage, there is no allowance for a wide-ranging discussion of a bill as occurs in committee during study of Clause 1. Indeed, once the Order of the Day for the consideration of a bill at report stage is called, discussion is limited to “any amendment of which notice has been given”.
We are debating at report stage, under Standing Orders 76.6 and 76.1(6). These are the standing orders that are relevant. We are to be dealing strictly with the amendments proposed by the member for Saanich—Gulf Islands.
I ask the member stay on topic and talk about the specific clauses and not a wide-ranging repetition that has already taken place at committee and at second reading. We need to be very specific and get back to the focus here.