A bit of wisdom from Wikipedia might be helpful:
"A session of Parliament, having been formally opened, continues until a "prorogation" brings about its conclusion. Prorogation is generally achieved by a proclamation of the Governor General, again issued on the advice of the Prime Minister. Having been prorogued, each House does not conduct any further business until the Governor General issues another proclamation for a new session.
Each Parliament, after a number of sessions, comes to an end, usually by a "dissolution"."
Recent parliaments and their sessions:
39th Canadian Parliament: April 3, 2006 -- September 7, 2008. Sessions: two.
38th Canadian Parliament: October 4, 2004 -- November 29, 2005. Sessions: one.
37th Canadian Parliament: January 29, 2001 -- May 23, 2004. Sessions: three.
Hopefully that makes it clear that:
1. Prorogation ends a session, but does not dissolve the government.
2. Elected governments have requested prorogation in the past and received them, without incident, and without triggering new elections.
3. The only person who can actually prorogue the government is the Governor-General; it may be technically possible for Her Excellency to engage in "grossly unconstitutional acts", but is seems unlikely.
> We could probably have a great parlor game of making good books sound as fanficcy-terrible as possible.
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