Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I did want to double-check with the members of the subcommittee really quickly to make sure that I had everything recorded properly.
If I could, I will reread the “Questioning of Witnesses” motion I have so that I'm sure everyone understands the same thing. It would read:
That, at the discretion of the Chair, witnesses be given five minutes for their opening statement; that, at the discretion of the Chair, during the questioning of witnesses, there be allocated seven minutes for the first questioner of each party; and that thereafter five minutes be allocated to each subsequent questioner alternating between Government and Opposition parties;
—I think that part stays the same—
and that wherever possible, witnesses provide their statements 72 hours in advance.
Is that everybody's understanding?
Mr. Chair, I believe Ms. McPherson has something to say.