Excuse me, Mr. Chair, but when I started speaking, I asked whether everyone was familiar with my motion. I did that for the sake of efficiency. All the committee members did not read the document, so I am trying to help them by explaining the effective manner in which other committees operate. It is clear that members on both sides of the table are concerned about this issue. Therefore, I will continue so that everyone understands the importance of justice in the committee. We want to dispose of those concerns, which are shared by the opposition members as well as our own.
I would say the Standing Committee on Finance has a pretty balanced approach. The Conservatives did not have the right to speak once, but a questioner from the Liberal Party spoke twice, one of the NDP members spoke twice and the other, once. So theirs is a more balanced system than ours.
The system of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans is based more on the speaking time than the number of rounds. So their practice is to allocate ten minutes....