Gov-Gen doesn't visit hockey teams or gun clubs

[dumpthemonarchy]

The gov-gen does mostly ceremonial duties, but also visits arts organizations. But I doubt the GG has visited a hockey team or a gun club. They are Canadian organizations too.

A time when the GG visited an arts organization.

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[FiveParadox]

Re: Governor General’s Program

I’m not sure what you mean, dumpthemonarchy.

Her Excellency The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., the Governor General of Canada, performs more than just ‘ceremonial duties’. The Governor General regularly tours the regions of Canada and celebrates our fabulous mosaïc of culture. Her Excellency has also, more than any previous governor general than Canada has ever had, worked to encourage the Canadian people — particularly Canadian youth — to engage one another on issues that matter. (The Governor General’s new forum, Citizen Voices, comes to mind.)

 

[AnnaG]

She probably won't sit in a pub and have a jaw session with many people either. Nor pop onto a field with her football boots, jersey, and shorts on and kick the ball around a bit. Nor go snowshoeing in the Bugaboos for a weekend.

 

[FiveParadox]

Re: Governor General’s Program

She probably won't sit in a pub and have a jaw session with many people either. Nor pop onto a field with her football boots, jersey, and shorts on and kick the ball around a bit. Nor go snowshoeing in the Bugaboos for a weekend.

Nor would I expect the Governor General to do so.

The Governor General’s role is to be available when needed by the Honourable the Senate, and the House of Commons; it is to function, for Canada, as a constitutional safeguard; it is to represent Her Majesty The Queen of Canada throughout Her Majesty’s duties as our head of State. Her Excellency has done an excellent job thus far as our Governor General, and I can only hope that The Right Honourable Stephen Harper P.C., M.P. (Calgary Southwest), the Prime Minister of Canada, recognises the tremendous good that it would do for Canada for the Governor General’s term to persist beyond 2010. (The prime minister should be amicable to that idea, given the fact that the Governor General’s sound constitutional judgment and mediation made it possible for Her Majesty’s Government for Canada to govern through today.)

I’m excited to hear that Her Excellency is going to be leading the peace conference for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games — Canadians should be extremely proud that our head of State’s representative is going to be given such a leadership role on a global scale.

 

[AnnaG]

I'm not big on pomp and circumstance. "Pride goeth before a fall". To me, people are just people.

 

[FiveParadox]

I'm not big on pomp and circumstance. "Pride goeth before a fall". To me, people are just people.

When the pomp and circumstance are a part of Canadian heritage, I hope that Canadians absolutely cherish it — for example, the entire ceremony that opens the Parliament of Canada is fantastic, and it is something Canadian. We must absolutely protect these traditions and ceremonies, so that we don’t forget the meaning behind them (and these meanings help to shape our government, our institutions and our people). With the relatively low cost of having a Governor General representative of a shared monarchy (compared with the cost of a presidential head of State), I think that we have a smart system — and I don’t see why we can’t enjoy the bit of dramatic ceremony that goes with it.

 

[AnnaG]

When the pomp and circumstance are a part of Canadian heritage, I hope that Canadians absolutely cherish it — for example, the entire ceremony that opens the Parliament of Canada is fantastic, and it is something Canadian. We must absolutely protect these traditions and ceremonies, so that we don’t forget the meaning behind them (and these meanings help to shape our government, our institutions and our people). With the relatively low cost of having a Governor General representative of a shared monarchy (compared with the cost of a presidential head of State), I think that we have a smart system — and I don’t see why we can’t enjoy the bit of dramatic ceremony that goes with it.

That's fine but don't expect every Canuck to think much of it.
The RCMP musical ride is much more entertaining than some woman in the middle of a lot of PC P & C, IMO. I get heritage any time we go camping for any length of time. We put our tipi up or build a wigwam. We watch fireworks on July 1, too. We listen to CBC radio, Gordon Lightfoot, Susie Arioli, Ian Tyson, Tegan & Sara, and Oscar Petersen. That's enough heritage for me.

 

[FiveParadox]

Re: Governor General is “Some Woman”

...than some woman...

That’s akin to a reference to His Excellency the Honourable Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, as “some man”. The Governor General holds, for Canadians, the very highest place on the order of precedence (save for Her Majesty) — even higher than other members of The Royal Family of Canada. The Governor General represents the head of State, and therefore is the embodiment of Canada’s sovereignty. I would think that the Governor General would deserve, amongst Canadians, at least some modicum of respect. Heritage means nothing if we encourage ourselves to forget our past, our historic roots and the foundation of our constitution.

 

[jambo101]

I wonder how many Canadian organizations there are and how long it would take to visit every one of them..

 

[TenPenny]

But I doubt the GG has visited a hockey team or a gun club.

In other words, you don't know, but your willing to take an assumption as fact?
Just to stir up things for no reason.

 

[Risus]

The gov-gen does mostly ceremonial duties, but also visits arts organizations. But I doubt the GG has visited a hockey team or a gun club. They are Canadian organizations too.

A time when the GG visited an arts organization.

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The title of this thread is just your assumption, and you know what happens when you assume. Besides, whats your point??

 

[Dexter Sinister]

...whats your point??

The user name says it all.

 

[AnnaG]

That’s akin to a reference to His Excellency the Honourable Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, as “some man”.

Exactly my point. Obama is just some man. Same with Harpy. They aren't just "some Martian" or "some groundhog". It's just a bureaucratic pecking order, IMO. My chickens have a pecking order, too, sans the bureaucracy.

The Governor General holds, for Canadians, the very highest place on the order of precedence (save for Her Majesty) — even higher than other members of The Royal Family of Canada. The Governor General represents the head of State, and therefore is the embodiment of Canada’s sovereignty. I would think that the Governor General would deserve, amongst Canadians, at least some modicum of respect.

As a fellow human being, you bet. What makes her any more important to me than my family physician, or the plumber living next door, or the electrician living on the other side of us? Nothing.

Heritage means nothing if we encourage ourselves to forget our past, our historic roots and the foundation of our constitution.

How long have you spent in a tipi or wigwam?

 

[AnnaG]

The user name says it all.

And you expect him (her?)to figure it out? Sadist. lol

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

She probably won't sit in a pub and have a jaw session with many people either. Nor pop onto a field with her football boots, jersey, and shorts on and kick the ball around a bit. Nor go snowshoeing in the Bugaboos for a weekend.

Gee, why does the white wine set get a high profile leader to push their agenda? All the GG has to do is simply go to a sporting event. What is so hard about that?

Is there some law saying she can't go out for a beer? All that grass in Ottawa and she can't do any physical exercise? Not for upper class chicks?

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

I’m excited to hear that Her Excellency is going to be leading the peace conference for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games — Canadians should be extremely proud that our head of State’s representative is going to be given such a leadership role on a global scale.

Me too, I hear the peace conference going to be about Afghanistan. lol!

But really folks, we all know she's useless.

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

In other words, you don't know, but your willing to take an assumption as fact?
Just to stir up things for no reason.

I checked back to last November 2008.

 

[aman12]

Even the right wingers were supporting Mme. Jean when she went to Nunavut and ate raw seal.

 

[dumpthemonarchy]

Even the right wingers were supporting Mme. Jean when she went to Nunavut and ate raw seal.

Which sounds like the right wingers don't support her much. I kind of supported her too here. Poor people just getting by. Eating seals is okay as there are millions of them, but not whales. But still kind of yucky. I worked at an east Indian wedding and I saw people eating with their hands, I found it revolting.

 

[In Between Man]

That's why I don't like her.