Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses today. I was very much looking forward to this panel.
Upon hearing the testimony, I think I'm going to direct my first questions to either Dr. Thomas or Dr. Rayment. You talked about inclusivity of Parliament, but first let me preface that.
I am a father of two children, with a baby on the way. It is extremely challenging, being from B.C., in doing my parliamentary functions from time to time. That is what I signed up for. Some of my female colleagues who have spoken here today talked about the same challenges in our last session.
You talk about hybridity as a way to improve participation. I would actually argue that it's the opposite. Since I was elected in 2019, the government has adopted a practice that has effectively hoarded speaking times for two members, Kevin Lamoureux and Mark Gerretsen. The government doesn't actually let backbench Liberal members speak on a regular basis.
That's either because the House leader doesn't want them to speak or there is.... It's in participation during—