Maybe I am...
eligible to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada?
At any rate, to answer the first part of your question, as I mentioned to Madam Jennings, with regard to the disincentives that were suggested, it's certainly possible. But I think the task for the opposition, and for the other parties too.... It should be in the interests of all parties to set up a system whereby the democratic foundations of our country are observed. Those are only triggered after an act happens that the opposition disagrees with. As I think one of the witnesses said, it is punitive in nature.
What I'm trying to suggest here is to avoid that happening in the first place. In other words, you would put in place structures that would make any future Prime Minister very wary—and make it potentially suicidal for him or her—if he or she tried to do what was attempted in the last few years. That's why I'm suggesting that proactive rather than reactive systems be put in place.
I'll answer your last question next, mainly because I've forgotten what your second question was. One of the reasons I suggested that there be civil society support for what I'm suggesting here is that I was fascinated by how average Canadians, who had never been interested in anything concerning the Parliament of Canada, were so outraged by what had happened. I think it's very important for our democracy that people who normally are not political junkies or part of the chattering classes understand how important it is for our country to keep its system of responsible government. The ability to make this known to their MPs and to make it known to other civil society networks reinforces the creation of a conventional rule.
I say this because a conventional rule really arises under two conditions. One is where there is usage, and that's why I'm suggesting the standing orders. Secondly, there is a sense that the actors have to be bound by it. There's nothing more powerful than an MP's own constituency telling an elected MP that he or she should be bound by this type of process. So that's part of the ability to reinforce the creation of a binding conventional rule.
I'm sorry, what was your second question?