I've been around a few years and served on a number of committees, but it seems to me that most of the time, regardless of which side of the House we're sitting on, the composition of the steering committee was somewhat reflective of the proportions of the party representation in the House. Out of respect, it's only fair and reasonable to expect that the government would be represented on the steering committee by at least the two members. In fact, probably to be fair it should be three members of the government--the PS, the chair, and one other relevant to three on the other side--
On February 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.