Mr. Chair, if I may put my colleague, Mr. McGuire, at ease, the time for the minister to be here before committee is predicated on the time slots available to the members to ask questions. If the Liberal team, for example, has three rounds, it's their prerogative to exhaust the seven minutes, five minutes, five minutes, and so on that we have. If other members choose not to, it results in some flexibility. I know the chair always exercises flexibility for other questions. There's no question, I'm sure, that the minister will be more than receptive to allowing us to go through our time slots.
On May 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.