Questioning during the second round shall alternate between the government members and opposition members in the following fashion: NDP, Conservative, NDP, Conservative, NDP, Conservative, Conservative, based on the principle that each committee member should have a full opportunity to question the witnesses; and if time permits, further rounds shall repeat the pattern of the first two at the discretion of the chair.
Pour la deuxième série, il y a alternance entre les membres du parti ministériel et les membres de l'opposition, de la manière suivante: néo-démocrates, conservateurs, néo-démocrates, conservateurs, néo-démocrates, conservateurs, conservateurs; selon le principe que chaque membre du Comité devrait avoir la possibilité d'interroger les témoins.