Some are surprised by the existence of this provision respecting dissenting opinions, but as the clerk stated earlier, other committees make no mention of it at all, since Standing Orders 108(1) authorizes the committee to establish different procedures each time around.
I happened to substitute yesterday for a member of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates and there was no mention of dissenting or secondary opinions in their routine motions. Such opinions are regularly considered in other committees, but I have no problem with the previously adopted wording. I just want to say that I tend to agree with my colleague's position. We cannot predict the future. We may require more than 72 hours, but if that's the case, because the committee is master of its own destiny, members could ask for more time. It's fine if you want to put down 72 hours, but four hours was not a great deal of time during the last session.