But nothing in the current wording of this Bill guarantees that the same thing could not happen again. Certainly, the difference is that now the term is fixed. And don't tell me that if the Government has lost the confidence of the House... Imagine if we had a majority government. Let me give you an example. It goes without saying that if the Government has a minority and loses the confidence of the House, it will have no choice but to call an election.
I would just repeat what Ms. Michaëlle Jean said in interviews she gave to mark the end of the first year of her reign -- comments that really made me laugh. She said that the most difficult decision she had had to make in the last year was to dissolve Parliament. But she had no choice! She had better not try and have us believe that this was a difficult decision, that she was tortured and didn't sleep all night; the fact is she didn't have a choice! So please don't raise that argument.
If it were a majority government, and if the Bill passes with its current wording, would the Prime Minister still be able to call an election before the end of the term?