I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.
Respectfully, the minister is over seven minutes, and I do want to make sure we have the time we need for questions. I would be happy if there is unanimous consent to allow the minister to continue in the opening statement, provided that he is prepared to commit to staying through two full rounds of questions.
Otherwise, if he really has to limit his time to an hour, then we need to stop the opening statement and proceed to questions.