Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Sure, goodwill is presumed, but it's also tested by actions around the table.
Quite frankly, concerning the subamendment—I come back to this—in terms of the allocation of time, the opposition gets 75% of the questioning time. With the standard motion, the routine motion, they get 57% of the time. The proportionality of the committee in terms of membership is that 54% belongs to the opposition. The standard motions were conceived precisely to reflect that kind of fairness. I can't believe the opposition parties would be sitting here, I guess, proving that they don't believe in fairness in the distribution of minutes.
Mr. Chair, if this amendment is actually passed, I think that's a strong statement by opposition members that they don't truly believe in fairness. I don't want to hear at some point in the House, or somewhere else down the line, that in fact they stand for fairness. This approves 75% of the questioning time for 54% of the membership.
I think even the NDP would understand proportional representation a little better than that, Mr. Chair.