[Waterluvian]

That's a part of the "crisis". In Canada there's also many unwritten conventions. Its just been so that nobody's forced the testing of these, for lack of a better term, "gentleman's agreements".

For example, in Canada the dissolution of Parliament (aka. triggering an election) occurs because the Prime Minister asks the Governor General (who is basically a proxy for the Queen of Canada) to issue a proclamation stating as much.

So does that mean the Prime Minister could simply never do that, causing their party to form the official government indefinitely?

Well... Maybe. Nothing says they can't do that. It's just that no PM has ever thought of trying it.

It must sound loosey goosey and kind of dangerous, but it seems to work fine.

Some rules aren't written unless some jerk makes us write them down.