I support Ms. Davies on the concept that the opposition always spoke first and the government was always the last on the round. But I also want to bring forward the idea that out of a round in which you have 11 questioners, the Liberal Party has only one question in all of the 11. In the past in all committees, even when there were majority governments, I note that the NDP always had one person on the committee and that the NDP certainly had more than one round. One round doesn't allow for someone to ask the perfect question. I would like to suggest that this be a lot more equitable, because this is totally weighted in favour of just one question for the Liberals. We never did that when the NDP were in that position. It seems to me that we shouldn't be doing this kind of punitive and unfair practice.
On June 15th, 2011. See this statement in context.