'Canadians will fall in love' with new governor general
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Why? We are a nation of immigrants. Wouldn't a PM who has had the same experience as millions of Canadians be a good PM?
Even Adrienne didn't do such a bad job-she just overspent her budget. journalists ,as a rule,are the best PR people.
RE: 'Canadians will fall
The spending was bad, but my understanding was that there were no clear guidelines. What really stirred up the discussion about the spending was less the money than who she took with her on her junkets, though. She generally took people from the artistic and academic communities. If she had taken business leaders I doubt we would have heard a peep from the official opposition.
The spending was bad, but my understanding was that there were no clear guidelines. What really stirred up the discussion about the spending was less the money than who she took with her on her junkets, though. She generally took people from the artistic and academic communities. If she had taken business leaders I doubt we would have heard a peep from the official opposition.
You're right; that would have been good for business and no one would have said a peep. My books and music are as important to me as my bank account.
RE: 'Canadians will fall
If you look at the growing acceptance of Canadian music, literature, and art over the last few years, it is very arguable that Clarkson's little trips had a positive impact, too.
If you look at the growing acceptance of Canadian music, literature, and art over the last few years, it is very arguable that Clarkson's little trips had a positive impact, too.
When you think about it that way,her and John Raulston Saul[as a team]were a bargain at the price..a top journalist and an accomplished author &and only one salary 
RE: 'Canadians will fall
That's true. JRS was very accomplished himself. Does anybody know much about Jean's husband? He looked badly in need of a cigarette during her speech...
That's true. JRS was very accomplished himself. Does anybody know much about Jean's husband? He looked badly in need of a cigarette during her speech...
RE: 'Canadians will fall
They were talking about this on the radio and it seems that Females are able to handle the pressure and the huge amount of committments for the job better than men.
Roméo LeBlanc said he did not like all the commitments and was too hectic for him and he could hardly wait for his term to end. Thats what I heard anyways. But he was not in spotlight as much as Adrienne...so maybe it is true Females are better suited for job?
Michaelle Jean is the first GG in a while with a child too. Plus she is 48 and younger than most which I believe is a plus too. I always liked her accent too for some reason.
They were talking about this on the radio and it seems that Females are able to handle the pressure and the huge amount of committments for the job better than men.
Roméo LeBlanc said he did not like all the commitments and was too hectic for him and he could hardly wait for his term to end. Thats what I heard anyways. But he was not in spotlight as much as Adrienne...so maybe it is true Females are better suited for job?
Michaelle Jean is the first GG in a while with a child too. Plus she is 48 and younger than most which I believe is a plus too. I always liked her accent too for some reason.
Canucklehead said:
This is one the biggest and probably most fruitful moves Martin can do to gain support for federalism in Québec. I might be a seperatist, but I am also of the opinion that she is an excellent choice. A vibrant young women. Perfect choice.
missile said:
It wasn't that she overspent, it was that she upset Harper's crowd. So they created an anti-GG movement. It's all BS; she did a lot for the position. But the (ex-Progressive) Conservative Party didn't like her.
And if the belief that the PM has to be born in Canada is an example of the Conservative Party, no wonder they're where they are in the polls.
Fine. Your family still immigrated here, Jay. My father's grandparents got here in the early 1900's. My mother's family got here considerably earlier, the Irish side on coffin boats and the German side from both Germany and the US during the American War of Independence. My grandfather's (the German people) then moved back to the US for a time (mostly Pennsylvania), then settled in Saskatchewan during the early 1900's.
Many, many Canadians have gotten here since. If you are going to try to be more Canadian than any of us based on when your family got here, you should likely give everything you own to the nearest native band, Jay. They were here before you, after all.
Is that from Stockwell Day's version of history? Human remains that predate the ice-age are spread all over Europe and Asia.
A huge waste of tax money get rid of the position Dump the War profitting Monarchy too .Its time for Canada to grow up and cut those wasteful ties :wink:
funny innit????? WE all come from immigrants...perhaps if more people did their family genealogy they would realize that :? If was not for immigrants...none of us would be here.
We'd just have to create another position so there'd be somebody to do the PR work. Every country has them. In the US it's the VP, in England (and several other European countries) it's the royal family. Somebody has to cut the ribbons and go to the funerals.
We'd also have to create an arm of government to deal with the constitutional crises that come up every so often. They'd have to be sitting there at the ready for generations, just in case.
We get all of that rolled into one with the GG.
Not even the horses. That's kind of funny too...horses actually started out here, but migrated away. The Spanish brought them back when they invaded...er "discovered", South America. The ones that came back looked little like the ones that migrated away.