Canadian Heritage committee  If you do not want that, no.

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Nantel, taking out clause 2 of the bill simply removes the idea that the bill would come into force by the application of an order. As a result, the bill will come into force upon royal assent. That is the difference.

Canadian Heritage committee  You need to call the amendment.

Industry committee  That's right.

Industry committee  May I add something else?

Industry committee  I can add a few things, but I don't want to take up too much of your time. The fact that the bill has been adopted at second reading sets the scope of the bill. If the bill had been sent to committee before second reading, the scope of the bill would have been enlarged, so the possibilities for amendments would have been greater.

Industry committee  It's the chair's decision always. The chair represents the Speaker of the House. When the Speaker of the House rules on anything, he receives advice from either one of us as table officers. It goes to the same idea. We give advice. The chair can overrule the advice—

Industry committee  The committee can also do that. Once the chair has ruled, there is the possibility to appeal the ruling of the chair, and then it becomes a vote of the committee to either adopt or reject the—

Industry committee  Every one that would be inadmissible, yes. They're not all inadmissible.

Industry committee  Let's say the chair rules an amendment inadmissible and the committee decides to overrule the chair. There's always the possibility that a member could raise a point of order in the House at report stage and seek the advice of the Speaker. The Speaker would then turn to the same advice I have given and rule accordingly, depending on how he or she feels.

Industry committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  I'm the legislative clerk. You are the legislator.

Transport committee  The English version, the sheet that was provided to everybody, indicates what is removed. In proper drafting, if you will, it will read: That Bill C-227, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 2 and 3 on page 2 with the following: “reports on community benefits provided in construction, maintenance or repair projects.”

Transport committee  I'm just going to translate it in the proper way. I have an English and a French version. The amendment would read: That Bill C-227, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 2 and 3 on page 2 with the following: “a report on community benefits provided in construction, maintenance or repair projects.”