On the next motion on allocation of time for questioning, the 39th Parliament motion read:
That witnesses from an organization be given ten (10) minutes to make their opening statement; and that, at the discretion of the chair, during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated ten (10) minutes for the first questioner of the Liberal Party, seven (7) minutes for the first questioner of the Bloc Quebecois, five (5) minutes to the questioner of the New Democratic Party, and ten (10) minutes for the first questioner of the Conservative Party; and that if there is a subsequent round that the rotation be the same except all questioning be for five (5) minutes.