The point of order raised by the hon. member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot is a very strict reading of Standing Order 43.
It has been the practice for many years in the House for the first person speaking on behalf of the government following the proposal of a motion to have unlimited time and the first member of the opposition speaking in reply to have similarly unlimited time. That has been the invariable practice.
I recall having had that opportunity to speak, and accordingly the Chair has interpreted this as applying to the hon. member for Vaughan—King—Aurora who is the first member speaking on the motion following it being put by a minister who did not speak.