I gather, then, that the 40 days has no meaning any more.
There's a supplemental question I was going to ask with regard to this, and then I have a second line of questioning. The supplemental question I was going to ask is that it sounds like your reference to how things have been done in the United Kingdom is that prorogation occurs at the end of the summer and is followed almost immediately by the Speech from the Throne, as opposed to what has been done in Canada on many occasions, commencing at the beginning of the summer, followed by a speech from the throne at some point in the autumn.