Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The motion before us is a standard motion for how we question and divide time. It's on page 848 of Marleau and Montpetit.
Let's just take an example of three rounds of questioning. That means that the opposition gets 51 minutes to question witnesses and the government gets 37 minutes. The motion as amended means that the opposition in three rounds gets 51 minutes to question and the government gets 17 minutes. I don't know about you, Mr. Chair, but opposition has 54% of the composition of this committee in terms of membership. I think something much more proportional should be in order. I think that's why the standard motion is such. It apportions the time in a way that is reasonably proportional in order to question witnesses.
What they're asking, of course, is that for a government piece of legislation we only get 17 minutes to question witnesses—on our own bill even. I hardly think that's fair. I don't support the amended motion.