I'd like to discuss the motion and maybe make an amendment, if I can. I wasn't here before, so I don't take any blame for anything that happened in the previous sessions.
In the first block, the government ends up with ten minutes, and the opposition is up to 22 minutes. In the second session, we end up with five minutes and the opposition parties end up with fifteen minutes. For a 52-minute period, we have fifteen minutes and the opposition party has 37 minutes. I don't know if this is possible, but I'm going to throw it out and not even try to word the amendment. Somebody else that's been around here longer than I have may be able to do that.
After Mr. Cummins' comment, if we took away five of the fifteen minutes for the witnesses—and I notice in the House of Commons you can split your time when you speak—and if in the second round there were ten minutes for the government party and the three fives afterwards, that would bring you out to 32 minutes for the opposition parties and 20 minutes for the government over the whole 52-minute session.