Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The official opposition would propose a slightly different scenario that would see an equal distribution but a more substantial first round, which was the tradition of the committees I sat on in the last Parliament. They used this approach of the first round being more substantive and the second round being shorter but with equal balance.
Our proposal would be to have the first round consisting of seven minutes for each party. We would permit the government side to lead off, followed by the Conservatives, the NDP, and then the government again, each having seven minutes, for round one.
Round two would then consist of the official opposition members leading off. To balance the time, they would have five minutes, followed by the Liberals for five minutes, followed by the Conservatives for five minutes, followed by the Liberals for five minutes and the NDP for three minutes.