Thank you very much, Minister.
I'm going to be honest with you about your expectations. The rule we've followed, really, since I took the chair on this committee is that the witness gets as much time to answer the question as the person posing it takes to pose it. There is an entitlement to cut you off if you go longer than the length of the question. They don't have to exercise that. They're free to let you continue, but it is up to them, once you exceed the length of their question in your answer. I think what you will find is that if one party—perhaps the official opposition—tends to cut you off, another party will give you a chance to expand upon your answer in a subsequent time slot.
The rule I will be applying is the one I just explained to you. You will have as much time to answer it as—