As one of the individuals who in fact didn't get to ask questions last Tuesday, I am all too painfully aware of what happens when we only have an hour and three-quarters. I was cut off by the chair, who said we were out of time and that the meeting couldn't be extended, and so I was unable to ask my questions. This was the day the minister was here.
Essentially, by our making the meeting shorter, this becomes apparently a less important committee than other committees, which manage to get their full two hours in, even if they are meeting at 3:30 on a Tuesday afternoon or a Thursday afternoon—we're not talking about Wednesdays here.
We essentially lose a round of questioning and lose a portion of our ability to question witnesses. In the case of today, we're going to lose some time to do clause-by-clause consideration. We have an hour for witnesses and 45 minutes—which will now be only 30 minutes—for the clause-by-clause consideration of the—