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View Wayne Easter Profile
Lib. (PE)
Peter, I expect you're expecting this, but I will have to rule the amendment inadmissible because it requires a royal recommendation. I'll explain why.
Part 2 of Bill C-14 seeks to amend the Canada Student Loans Act to temporarily suspend interest and interest payments with respect to guaranteed student loans during the period that begins on April 1, 2021, and ends on March 31, 2022. The amendment attempts to suspend interest and interest payments by a borrower for an indeterminate period of time that begins on April 1, 2021. Therefore, expending the time, the government would assume the payment of interest to the lender, which would result in increasing payments from the consolidated revenue fund.
House of Commons Procedure and Practice, third edition, states on page 772:
Since an amendment may not infringe upon the financial initiative of the Crown, it is inadmissible if it imposes a charge on the public treasury, or if it extends the objects or purposes or relaxes the conditions and qualifications specified in the royal recommendation.
In my opinion, the amendment as proposed requires a royal recommendation, since it imposes a new charge on the treasury. Therefore, I rule the amendment inadmissible.
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