Thank you.
I sat on the ethics committee last week, and we had a lengthy discussion about speaking order, as you can imagine. We talked about the fact that yes, everybody should get one shot before they get a second round, if you're looking at it through the lens of each person having the ability to ask questions. But we know it doesn't break down by person, it breaks down by party. We talked at length about the fact that in fairness there are many occasions when you want to ask a follow-up because of evidence that has come out during questioning. In fairness, it makes sense to have a second round for the Liberals.
I believe it was also at the government operations committee as well as the ethics committee that the order they adopted was first round, at seven minutes, New Democrat, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative. At second round, at five minutes, the order they adopted was New Democrat, Conservative, New Democrat, Conservative, New Democrat, Conservative, Conservative, Liberal. I certainly support the idea of the Liberals getting a round in the five-minute round.