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In an era of what some think will be perpetual minority government, the position is particularly important. Whatever the selection process, there should be rules formulated by political actors to ensure that the office is not put in politically contentiou
Opinions are swirling about who should be the next Governor General. This kind of public involvement is unprecedented. Part of the reason is that the two most recent GGs, well-known to Canadians as media personalities, projected a celebrity quality. This drew attention to the office and contributed to detaching it from its moorings. In trolling the drug allies of Vancouver and supping on seal meat in Nunavut, Adrienne Clarkson, and Michaëlle Jean cracked the dull, staid image many have associated with the vice-regal office. As women, immigrants, and members of visible minority groups, they symbolically broke with the past; all their predecessors since the 1970s had been politicians.
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Who should be the next Governor General?
In an era of what some think will be perpetual minority government, the position is particularly important. Whatever the selection process, there should be rules formulated by political actors to ensure that the office is not put in politically contentiou
Opinions are swirling about who should be the next Governor General. This kind of public involvement is unprecedented. Part of the reason is that the two most recent GGs, well-known to Canadians as media personalities, projected a celebrity quality. This drew attention to the office and contributed to detaching it from its moorings. In trolling the drug allies of Vancouver and supping on seal meat in Nunavut, Adrienne Clarkson, and Michaëlle Jean cracked the dull, staid image many have associated with the vice-regal office. As women, immigrants, and members of visible minority groups, they symbolically broke with the past; all their predecessors since the 1970s had been politicians.
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