If you want to bring up May 2nd, let's be clear that the government side has 6 committee members who represent 40% of the population and that, on our side, we have 5 members who represent 60% of the population. It doesn't match up.
Mr. Aubin's motion is respectful of parliamentary traditions and the fact that one party should not speak twice in a row. And we aren't straying too far from tradition in terms of giving parties an opportunity to speak and allowing the third or fourth party to take the floor more than once. I think it may be time to admit that the only reason we do not have a consensus is that the government side is not willing to give the third party more than one opportunity to speak.
We are going to have a great many problems in this committee if we always take that route. We have a lot of work ahead us. Just yesterday in the House, documents were submitted in one official language only. That is a huge problem, and we must take the time to address it. If we stay on this point for days or until the fall, we will have done no work. That does not reflect very well on us, on you, on official languages or on Parliament even. I think the time has come to make a decision. I think that both sides need to show a lot more give and less take.