The constitutional negotiations—my apologies, we are bargaining at the Université de Montréal—I mean, the constitutional conventions that govern us in terms of prorogation are already relatively well established. I did some thinking after writing the letter. Since, for most of our history, we had a tradition of governments with large majorities, prorogation was used for technical purposes, to indicate the time for a new Speech from the Throne, a new legislative agenda. That being said, I still think the constitutional conventions are relatively solid, but Mr. Harper's recent prorogations and also one by Mr. Chrétien during the sponsorship scandal have begun to erode them. To make a long story short, I do not think there should be new constitutional conventions, but we should remember that there already are some that, up to a few years ago, set the conditions and the climate in a pretty effective way for the use of prorogation power by the prime minister.
You are wondering about the potential impact of these popular movements. Right at the start of the discussion with Ms. Jennings, I think, we were talking about the fact that the Conservative government has not gone a long way towards any proposals made by the opposition. The public reaction to last year's prorogation could have resulted in a higher political price for continuing to turn the opposition down flat. I do not have my crystal ball with me, but that is where I might possibly see the impact to be.