Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I will be brief. There is one item of discussion today, Bill C-262. In summary, this bill aims to establish a tax credit for the capture and utilization or storage of certain greenhouse gases. In the briefing note, which was provided to the committee, in

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  The criterion that was flagged for this one was that two bills should not be substantially similar. Again, this is for the committee to determine, but my analysis of this bill is that they deal with the same topic, but they go about it in slightly different ways, and they don't i

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Thank you for your question. If Bill C-215 were amended to such an extent that it was identical to Bill C-232, that might possibly be an issue. However, for now, that is not the case.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  That is how I see it.

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  I would like to confirm that everyone received the briefing note that was sent out earlier this week that described the criteria to be applied to determine if a bill is non-votable. I can go through those criteria one by one just to summarize, if that's of use to the committee, o

Subcommittee on Private Members' Business committee  Of course. There are four criteria for you to consider today. The first is that bills and motions must not concern questions that are outside federal jurisdiction. The second is that bills and motions must not clearly violate the Constitution Acts. This includes the Canadian C