I want to know what approach the Governor General could take within the current context of Canadian parliamentary government. Could she refuse the Prime Minister's request to prorogue the House? It would be pretty shocking for her to refuse the Prime Minister's prorogation request for whatever reason. Perhaps we should limit the procedure that a Prime Minister, or the current Prime Minister, must follow in certain situations, when it is very clear, as it was the last time. Everyone knows, the government did not want to deal with the issue of Afghan detainees or the matter of the environment. It thought that the public would have a short memory. We did not have an easy time of it. When we went back to our ridings, people said that we were on holiday. The public lost its confidence in politicians. People understood the game the government was playing.
Is there a way, by rule or otherwise, that the Governor General could refuse to prorogue the House in certain situations?