Our next GG?

Don Martin: Northern GG for a northern power
Posted: February 17, 2010, 4:50 PM by NP Editor
Full Comment, Don Martin, Canadian politics

There's a rough script being written in the Prime Minister's Office on how Stephen Harper will crown Canada's next Governor General.


The plan, according to one informed source which the PMO didn't dismiss as delusional speculation Wednesday, would see Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean replaced July 1 on the eve of her fifth anniversary as a phenomenally popular force of personality and fashion sense.


But Her Excellency's prompt replacement after the five-year unofficial term expires in September is seen as important to this prime minister. He aims to put his stamp on the position quickly just in case a fall vote changes the government and takes away his crowning achievement.

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Mr. Harper will undoubtedly appoint someone less representative of the gala gang and more in keeping with his political agenda.


Enter Mary Simon, the current leader of the Inuit as president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, who served as former ambassador to Denmark, a university chancellor and constitutional negotiator for her people.




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