Thank you, Madam Chair.
I can understand why my colleague from the NDP would feel that way, based on the way the sequence of questions occurred. I'll come back to this circumstance here, where we Conservatives thought that, as the government, we would have the next question, and it didn't occur.
But I suggest that the point that I felt really did express some wisdom was if they're the same or related. If the one issue is you ask ministers to attend for two hours and they can, terrific. Frankly, I think they would make their best efforts and it would be what it is.
Having said that, that's a separate issue from the issue of the numeracy of speaking. Right now, every round, according to our formula—and we have a formula that I observe—would involve one hour and 32 minutes of questioning, with our getting our appropriate questions in whichever ranking, based on standings in the House. That's how this is all done, and I felt somewhat shortchanged.
You know I have more opinions than my Cape Breton mother, and I never had a chance to express them today. That may not be a loss to this committee, but I would suggest to you that, from our standpoint, if it is related, then I think the sequential sense of what we have feels fair to me. If it's different, I'd defer to the chair on that.