Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The amendment that the Liberals have put forth, just so we're clear, is to have three ministers within one hour. The way it plays out, and we've seen this at this committee, is that each minister gives their opening statement for roughly five minutes. Now we're 15 minutes in, which gives us only 45 minutes to question three ministers. When you time it out, looking at the time for interventions, that's two rounds of questions. If you have a few questions to ask one minister, it means that one minister literally won't even get asked questions. We have only two rounds of questions.
This is not open. This is not transparent. These ministers have large portfolios. We're looking at seniors. We're looking at all of the services the government does. We're looking at housing. We're looking at disabilities. There are a number of topics here, and we're going to be able to ask a few minutes of questions to one minister.
This is how we bring forth the voices of all the stakeholders we meet across Canada, the people in our communities and even all of our colleagues. There are four on this side. We're only going to get two rounds of questions. That means two colleagues on this side won't even have an opportunity to ask one of the ministers a question.
This is a really egregious affront to our accountability and to our ability to ask ministers the really important questions that we hear from people all the time. This is an opportunity for us to delve into their portfolios. One hour with three ministers really doesn't allow us to do that. It's a real affront to accountability and transparency.