Uncategorized’I fear for its people’Michaelle Jean, who fled Haiti as a child, comments on today’s earthquake.
UncategorizedFixing the systemStarting with the premise that last December’s proroguing of Parliament was "entirely inappropriate, democratically illegitimate...
UncategorizedIs that the royal "presume?"Somewhat disconcertingly, Buckingham Palace seems somewhat less than certain who Canada’s head of state is.
UncategorizedGod save the Queen, whichever one she isDan Gardner wades into what our Kady , Andrew and John have spent the day variously wrestling with.
OttawaHow the term "head of state" is actually used in CanadaSome comments on previous posts insist there’s no ambiguity about who is Canada’s head of state. They assert, “It’s the...
UncategorizedA gentle reminderThe Prime Minister clarifies the Governor General’s place in the hierarchy. Mind you, specific issues of protocol, such as whether...
UncategorizedPolyglot-in-chiefThe Governor General addresses UNESCO in five languages. The full speech, in English, is here .
Uncategorized’We have lost an extraordinary Canadian’The Governor General marks each casualty in Afghanistan with a statement of mourning, a few paragraphs to commemorate the...
UncategorizedWhat he said (II)This is excerpted from a Sept. 10, 2004 story in the National Post, a frontpage dispatch on the letter sent by...
UncategorizedThe attention span factorSusan Delacourt seems really excited for the possibility of mature debate in a fall election.