Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Johnson, for joining us from supernatural, beautiful British Columbia. Your experience is particularly relevant and important to us, of course, being the first jurisdiction in Canada to not only put fixed election dates into legislation but to also have experienced an election under those conditions.
I was a little disappointed to hear you acknowledge that fixed election dates haven't changed human nature. We had higher hopes for that here, however it may be.
The proposed legislation that we're considering contains a reference to the powers of the Governor General. It specifically states that nothing in this legislation will alter the powers of the Governor General, including the Governor General's discretion to dissolve Parliament for the purpose of an election. It's become an issue of some discussion for us as to what the impact of that is.
Does the British Columbia legislation contains a similar provision with respect to the powers of the Lieutenant Governor?