Let's go through the order and we'll come back to that. I am told by the clerk that we can deal with that motion later.
On this next one, we've had some direction I guess from the past and also from PROC. It deals with the time for opening remarks and questioning of witnesses.
The routine motion is that witnesses be given five minutes to make their opening statement, and if they have additional information it should be deposited with the clerk of the committee; and that during the questioning of witnesses five minutes be allocated to each questioner as follows: Conservative Party, New Democratic Party, Conservative Party, NDP, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Conservative, NDP, Conservative Party, Liberal Party, Conservative Party, NDP, Conservative Party.
Now, this is the last Parliament's.... However, I'm willing to take any motion. What I would certainly suggest—it's in my capacity as chair to make suggestions—is that five minutes for a witness to come here is not enough. I think most other committees have adopted the 10 minutes for witnesses to appear. There may also be some question in regard to not so much the order but the time allocation.
Madam Shanahan.