Actually, Mr. Masse, the reason we did it this way is so that everybody from every different area of Canada would have an opportunity to question the witnesses, because everybody has a unique difference.
But in English it would read as follows:
That witnesses be given 10 minutes for their opening statement; that for the questioning of witnesses, 7 minutes be allocated to each party for the first round, and that for all subsequent rounds, 5 minutes be allocated to each party for their members who have not yet spoken, starting with the Official Opposition, and any further time allowed will be allocated equally between each opposition party at the discretion of the chair.
So the key words are “that have not yet spoken”.