Again, that is venturing into the political realm, but I'll try to answer it anyway.
I think the most foundational duty, or the basis of our constitutional democracy, is responsible government: that the executive is responsible to the elected members and only is allowed to hold power as long as it has the confidence of the House. Nothing could be more sacred than that principle.
And so, even after a throne speech, if the government loses the confidence vote, our democracy demands that there be an election—there is no choice—rather than having a thing....
Let me finish.
If, however, there is an ability on the part of the other parties in the House of Commons to avoid a very expensive election, the Governor General then, as has happened in the past, has the ability to seek whether or not the opposition together can form a government.
And in terms of saying that is illegitimate, or a coup--that's outrageous in terms of the constitutional history of this country.