Those very precedents on question period evolved over a long period of time and changed, Mr. Speaker, as you well know, very drastically in the past 10 years to the point where the major political parties do have assigned periods during question period. The role of the Speaker also has evolved to the point where the Speaker must follow those precedents and those customs as have evolved here in this Chamber, not in any other chamber under the so-called British parliamentary system, because each system is
Le rôle de la présidence a aussi changé, au point où le Président doit observer les précédents et les coutumes de cette Chambre, et non d'une autre assemblée du système parlementaire dit britannique, parce que chaque système est différent et prévoit sa