The current prime minister has to call an election. When he or she decides when the best time is, they formally ask the governer general (representative of the crown) for "permission".
It's all pomp...
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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