Payette and Trudeau wait during the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Sept. 23, 2020
One of the other panelists said Payette was chosen to “modernize” the office of Governor General. This would make sense, as efforts to modernize the office are almost as old as the office itself. You might almost say modernizing the office is one of our oldest traditions. Vincent Massey became the first Canadian-born GG in 1952. Pierre Trudeau wanted the Queen to be represented, at last, by a woman, and so Jeanne Sauvé became Governor General in 1984.
, to plead with her to sign more documents. She would listen blandly and then go back to taking her time. Meanwhile judges weren’t getting their pensions, new ones weren’t getting appointments, trade deals were in limbo. These are not guesses I’m making, they’re things people have told me who needed the office to run more smoothly. One theory is that the GG wanted to read background information on all this stuff so she could feel like she’d made a decision.
Before we rush into dark closets and whip ourselves for another Trudeau misstep (another lesson for us all 😝), perhaps for just a brief moment so called journalists who love to rush to Trudeau’s defence could just let the blame stay where it belongs; with Trudeau alone.
Society in general is enthralled with celebrity. I offer both Trump and Trudeau as examples where celebrity obscured talent. During my career, saw many poor hiring decisions that could be avoided by minimal due diligence.
The Queen appoints our Governor General.
There may be no way to modernize feudalism/corporatism. Imperialism is, after all, imperious.
Bravo Paul Wells. I would say that looking after your citizens - first of all their lives, secondly their health, then issues like money and jobs is the first priority of government. This is why we need government.
Justin has just released a statement. “We can all learn from this” this is a learning experience. And no I do not take any responsibility for what happened.
Incompetence breeds incompetence..... just one more failure on the top of many failures .... sad thing is Canadians have come to expect it from this government
Wells mixes intelligence and sarcasm to produce amazing noise.
This opinion piece was amazingly well written and insightful. Thank you.
Why not just get rid of the job? A waste of our taxpayers' money!
a_picazo Where's Bernie
Discontinuing the pointless position position seems like a pretty easy fix if you ask me....
RichardHanley4 Yup Heavy Lifting required
Instead of using your platform to call out toxic workplace culture in the government and support the employees who suffered, you decide to talk about the Liberals? And I'm sure next week, you'll tweet about BellLetsTalk and mental health.
For once, can journalists put the blame for a Trudeau misstep where it belongs? Every time this guy breaks the law, puts on blackface, mishandles women, or stuffs socks down his pants, it’s a lesson for the country; or it’s proof of a misguided population. 🤦♂️
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