Going back to the point of order that I raised at the last meeting, Mr. Godin cited the committee record from 2005, I believe, in which the clerk at the time said that we could not limit speaking time. A motion had been introduced to limit members' speaking time to five minutes during cause-by-clause consideration. The clerk said that members' speaking time couldn't be limited without the unanimous consent of the members.
Ultimately, we now find ourselves doing indirectly what we can't do directly—