My only comment is in terms of the order of who speaks.
The issue here is not whether speaking first benefits the government party or the opposition party. In fact, this is an agreement that was concluded in other committees. So we are not the only ones who will change the order. All the committees will follow this model, according to which the government party will ask questions first.
I don't really agree that the first round of questions sets the tone in the committee. This is not my first experience, and I know that the tone can change a lot over the course of questioning.
As Mr. Christopherson just said, this is a matter of fairness. We agreed to change the infamous 12 back-to-back minutes. I think it is completely fair to maintain the model of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs as proposed. So the NDP would have 3 minutes instead of 2 minutes in the second round, for a total of 51 minutes of speaking time.