Madam Speaker, the member across the way concedes that the practice the government is undertaking right now is not the way it has been done in the past. I thank him for making that concession at the outset of his remarks. However, he made a mistake moments later when he said that the rules do not specify the amount of time typically allotted for this practice.
I will quote Standing Order 78(3), which contemplates a minister proposing a motion.
It states:
...for the purpose of allotting a specified number of days or hours for the consideration and disposal of proceedings...provided that the time allotted...is not...less than one sitting day....
The member is quite wrong to say that there is not an allotted period. I see he is getting very agitated with me quoting the facts—