Taking command
Within this story about efforts to deliver foreign aid in Haiti is an intriguing anecdote about Michaelle Jean’s role in the...
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Governor General
A Double-E G-G?
In the journalism game, we call it “burying the lede”. Friday’s Postmedia papers have a column by Stephen Maher in which he...
Trans woman files human rights complaint
Minister allegedly said she "spooked" the governor general
This year’s constitutional crisis
The Liberals want the Governor General the block the Canadian Wheat Board bill. Though long before the Federal Court ruling, David...
’Their duty to remember’
The Governor General’s message on the occasion of Remembrance Day.
One year in
No one outside of Rideau Hall seems to have marked the passing of David Johnston’s first anniversary as Governor General this past...
David Johnston keeps calm and carries on
He’s no Adrienne Clarkson or Michaelle Jean, but the Governor General believes a quiet and steady manner suits him, and his job
’This dark day in our history’
Governor General David Johnston’s statement on the anniversary of 9/11.
The reserve power
Earlier this year, Nicholas MacDonald and James Bowden argued that the Governor General has no discretion to refuse a request to...
The Commons: Pledging allegiance
Canada may lack the romanticism of revolution. But 144 years into our national experiment, we get to lay some claim to Will and Kate.