With all due respect to Ms. McLeod, I must say it is not true that we have always given ten minutes to our witnesses for their opening statement, as Mr. Carrie said. On numerous occasions, the committee chair has told witnesses to shorten their presentation and to do so in the time they have been given.
If we want to talk about respecting witnesses, it would be really important to allow witnesses appearing before this committee in the future to make their statement in a period of time that recognizes the fact that they are here in a committee setting.