No, it's not time limited. Russell made a very good point that it's not going to count if one person, especially the Prime Minister, has the confidence and exempts himself from it. But if you can get all of the party leaders to agree this is how things will work after an election or before a prorogation, it's then understood. It will be carried on to the next party leader. It will be carried on. That's what I'm getting at.
I think it's our best hope. I'm not optimistic that it will happen, because there are great advantages right now for the Prime Minister.
I'm worried that just as this government learned from the last government about how to start playing around with opposition days, which had never happened, the next government will also ask why they should make an agreement about prorogation. It's going to tie their hands.
They can also use it as a manipulative tool. The Governor General is going to have to take their advice because she took the advice of the last Prime Minister after 13 days. That's the danger we're getting into.