Thank you.
Now that we've made it clear, at least, that no Conservatives are going to lose their spot, I wish to first of all reiterate my earlier caution about adding time to the questioning.
And I also want to say something else. While I sympathize with my Liberal colleague, the fact of the matter is the composition of Parliament has changed. There are reduced numbers of Liberals in the House. And the questioning on committee should reflect the composition of the committee, which is in fact a reflection of the composition of the House.
This amendment in fact proposes to give the Liberal member double the rights of any other member on this committee by allowing a Liberal member an opportunity to have one seven-minute round and one five-minute round, whereas poor members such as myself will have only one round. That's not fair. The composition of the committee reflects the composition of the House. And the order of questioning should give everybody on the committee equal opportunity.
While I'm sympathetic to the Liberals' situation, in that they find themselves in with reduced numbers, I don't see why a Liberal should have two rounds of questioning when everybody else gets only one. So with great respect to any of my colleagues who disagree with me, I still think I'm going to oppose this amendment.