Mr. Chair, the committees are not supposed to be the same as the House of Commons. We're supposed to be by party. I have yet to hear a good rationale as to why we would not follow the rules and procedures set out by official languages. I think it is eminently fair and reasonable that it would be party to party. By the third round, it would be seven minutes, five minutes, five minutes. I said I'd be quite willing in that third round to simply go through Conservatives. There's no reason why the Conservative members can't share their time with each other and be fair and reasonable, but it should be party to party. That's the purpose here, to have a discourse from different perspectives on policies and laws put forward by the government, and the Conservatives have time in caucus, which we don't have.
On February 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.