You certainly had a long preamble to that question, Monsieur Guimond. You made it very specific to the Liberal Party, but the confidence conventions and the prerogative of the Prime Minister to advise the Governor General for the dissolution of Parliament is open to all political parties that may happen to govern this country. I myself was a part of a government in the early nineties that went almost the full five years. Believe me, there were those who asked me years later why we didn't go after four years. I mean, why would you go after four if your electoral prospects are as dim as I believe the government's were in 1992? You hang on and hope that things will turn around. That's open to everyone.
So if Mr. Chrétien went at three, and Ms. Campbell went at five, that was the existing state of law. I think this is a fair way to do that. This is crafted in a way that the prerogatives of the Prime Minister to advise the Governor General, and the Governor General's prerogatives, are in no way diminished. That being said, it seems to me that a Prime Minister who has indicated a certain date to the public would be very hard pressed to unilaterally pull the plug for no other reason than that he or she felt there was an electoral advantage.
You probably are aware, Monsieur Guimond, that conventions are something that build over time. Having legislation like this--that again in no way constrains the Governor General--will begin a new convention about when and how Canadian elections will take place. But this is not in any way meant to fetter those prerogatives that exist in our current system.
Did you want to add something to that, Monsieur Guimond?