Mr. Chairman, I would like to have the references given to me by you or the clerks, but preferably by you, in terms of defining consent. We're not talking about consensus here. Consensus is a different beast from consent. Consensus, for instance, is how the Board of Internal Economy functions, where the Speaker calls for a consensus.
Wherever I've heard the matter of consent being called for, it implicitly called for unanimous consent, because if a member of an assembly, whether it be a committee or the House, does not give consent when consent is being sought, it usually means that you cannot proceed.
With unanimous consent we can do anything. We know that. The history of this Parliament for well over 100 years has been built along the definition that consent means that everyone needs to consent.
So I'd like to have the references given to me where consent does not mean that every member has the right to consent or not to consent.