IN HIS CONSTITUTIONAL ROLE,The lieutenant governor:

• facilitates the functioning of the Constitution, ensuring that the democratic will of Ontarians and their elected representatives is upheld and that the unwritten constitutional conventions of responsible parliamentary government are respected
• summons the Legislative Assembly to meet and outlines the Government's legislative plans in the Speech from the Throne, provides Royal Assent to bills to signify that they have completed all the parliamentary steps to enable them to become law, and prorogues the Assembly to end a sitting or dissolves the Assembly, which results in a provincial election
• appoints a Premier by determining which party has the support of the majority in the Legislative Assembly, officiates at the swearing-in of cabinet ministers and officials nominated by the Premier, and accepts the resignation of an outgoing Premier
• ensures that the will of the elected Legislative Assembly is respected in the event that a Government has lost the support of the House or the electorate, and ensures that a Premier and Government are in place in the event of parliamentary stalemate
• approves Cabinet decisions and various appointments to give them the force of law, thus signifying the end of an approval process started in Government of Ontario ministries
• acts on the advice of elected officials, but may exercise the right to be consulted, to encourage, and to warn