RULING BY THE CHAIR
The Chair has examined this motion carefully as to its procedural acceptability and has arrived at the following observations and conclusions.
In the last Parliament, Bill C-11 was given royal assent on November 25, 2005. It contained a provision for its coming-into-force to be fixed by order of the Governor-in-Council. To date, no proclamation has been issued for its coming-into-force.
The essence of Mr. Sauvageau’s motion is to call on the government to proclaim a statute, the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act, which is being further amended by Bill C-2.
The mandate of this legislative committee is to examine Bill C-2 and to report it to the House with or without amendment. The committee has no authority to go beyond this mandate and to comment on the actions of the Governor-in-Council regarding the proclamation of other statutes – even those which may be amended by Bill C-2.
Therefore, I would rule that this motion is inadmissible as it goes beyond the mandate of the committee.