Thank you.
My question was actually going to inquire in greater detail about the German example, but that's just been done for us.
One of the things that occur to me here is this. If a government loses a vote of confidence and the four-year cycle is not up, especially if we're quite early on in the four-year cycle, it strikes me that it's not constitutionally impermissible that the opposition parties--if it's a minority parliament--could attempt to demonstrate that they have the confidence of a majority of members. In the current situation we could imagine it's perhaps improbable, but not constitutionally impossible, that the current Conservative government could be defeated on a confidence matter, and rather than going to an election, the three opposition parties could demonstrate that they have a workable coalition and go to the Governor General.
Am I right in assuming that this would be the case and that under the new law the Governor General would at least have the option of accepting their offer to demonstrate that they could put forward, say, a confidence motion in a new government in the House of Commons?
I'm asking you, Professor Massicotte.