Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Basically what the Liberals are asking for is to have three ministers here for one hour. Here's how this will practically play out: Each of the ministers could give a five-minute intervention. What that means, therefore, when you look at the rounds, is that as the official opposition we would get two questions—maybe three, but probably just two. That means we would get to ask one round of questions to one minister. One of the ministers we may not even be able to question. That's only one round of questions. You're looking at, potentially, either six or five minutes.
That is really unacceptable, especially considering that we have a new minister, the Minister of Citizens' Services, who has a mandate letter. This is a minister who has not come here before. We'll be able to ask him a few minutes of questions. That is absolutely unacceptable.
We have a lot of really serious issues that we're dealing with in this government. This is a real lack of transparency. This is a lack of accountability. By tying it down to this, we don't even have an opportunity.
That means that only one of our members will be able to ask one round of questions, potentially, to two ministers. Most of the members on this committee won't even have an opportunity, on the official opposition side, to ask questions.
This is really unacceptable. I don't know why this government wants to reduce transparency and accountability.