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Well, calling for an election depends, as there are restrictions on timing and conditions. As I mentioned, the budget is one such item. If it is unsatisfactory, opposition parties can vote against it and trigger a dissolution of parliament. There are other such items of government that have the same conditions attached to it.
But it's a serious issue, as you don't want an election only to have it blow up in your face. And it's bad policy to force Canadians to vote when it's not really necessary. We take dissolution seriously. Even the Prime Minister can trigger an election.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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