Mr. Chairman, I understand well the rationale of Mr. Hubbard's suggestion. I think it's worth full consideration, but I appreciate the comments that Mr. Tilson made, as well as other members.
What we're looking at here is changing a longstanding parliamentary tradition that the parties have speaking times or questioning times at committee and the party chooses how it wants to divide its time. If there's a matter of interest to the committee and there's one committee member who has done a lot of study in that area and the party agrees that member uses more than one of the speaking times, I think that's a decision for the party.
That being said, because we've always done it that way doesn't mean that it's necessarily the right way. Mr. Hubbard is making a suggestion for change, for modernization, which I think we should consider. I think it's difficult to consider it now without having it in writing and without having due diligence. I'd suggest that we go along the lines of what Mr. Tilson is suggesting, that we accept this as the operating procedure now and that a motion can be brought before the committee to verify it at a future date.