Mr. Chair, the first part of the procedure is perfectly acceptable: ten minutes as we go around per party. That's consistent with the way the committees are supposed to be set up. It's supposed to be representative of the parties.
I am going to object in the same way that my representative before me has objected, that it is unfair to then turn to it being by individual. It's inconsistent with the procedure, the way the committees are supposed to be run.
The practical effect is that the NDP never gets a second question. I think we could probably find some kind of halfway compromise, but we need to accommodate.
I should have at least one and a half people here. Nobody was willing to cut themselves in half, so it's just me. I think I can fulfill the role of one and a half, but only if I'm given fair opportunity in the committee. I think we need to find some kind of fair compromise so that my party is also fairly represented in questioning witnesses.