The next motion has to do with rounds of questioning.This is the one that we've practised at committee since I've been here, which goes back almost four years. I'll read it out:
That witnesses be given ten minutes for their opening statement; that, at the discretion of the chair, during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated seven minutes for the first questioner of each party; that before the second round of questioning, other members who have not spoken and who wish to speak may do so for five minutes; and that thereafter, five minutes be allocated to each subsequent questioner alternating between government and opposition parties.
The rotation is Liberal, Bloc, Conservative, NDP, Liberal, first round. Second round is Liberal, Conservative, Bloc, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, Bloc. And the practice is that everybody at committee gets to have a question before it circulates back to anybody else, unless they choose to pass.
Mr. Bellavance.