The honourable members for Roberval, Wascana and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine have significantly more experience in this House than the current occupant of the chair.
However, the chair occupant did suggest something he considered to be reasonable, given that the request for unanimous consent on this item was a surprise. I would please ask all members of this House to avoid surprises insofar as possible so that we may have dialogue and avoid pointless debates.
If you insist on my asking for unanimous consent, I will do so. However, this will result in what I attempted to avoid, that is refusal.
The honourable member for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine.