I don't agree with that because we may not be able to hear from a minister if there's a vote or an emergency debate until midnight. That sort of thing often prevents committees from sitting the next day.
Furthermore, with the new motion that was adopted, we no longer need unanimous consent to extend debate; we only need the support of one party. So it's conveniently the Liberals who will control the timetable, together with the NDP. As that could well happen frequently between now and the end of the session, we might not be able to hold any meetings with the ministers. If that happens once, it will further limit the time allotted for the ministers to appear.
So if we want to have each minister for at least one hour, that will take two sessions. So we should say that clause-by-clause consideration will begin after two sessions with the ministers.
I don't know whether my colleague would agree to amend her sub-amendment to refer to meetings rather than dates. Otherwise we may not be able to hear from the ministers or to hear only a few. If we're lucky, we'll have one session out of two. In that case, certain ministers won't be heard. As I said earlier, it's very important that we speak to all the ministers.