Adrienne Clarkson: Governor General of Canada Comes Under Fire
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To learn more about Canadian or Quebec politics, both McGill University and Concordia University in Montreal offer wonderful political science degrees, that you may want to look into.
Montreal's Concordia University has a wonderful women's studies program at the Simone do Beauvoir Institute
The duties of a governor general is to represent the ruling British Monarch in Canada. The governor general carries out administrative duties and also celebratory or festive activities. We will now look at the three female governor generals of Canada, two of which were from Montreal.
In January 2005, Clarkson again met with disapproval when she did not attend the memorial service for lieutenant governor, Lois Hole of Alberta. Rideau Hall issued the statement that Clarkson could not attend because she was attending Victor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine's inauguration. Apparently the ceremony was postponed and Clarkson should have come back to Canada for the memorial. The displeasure with Clarkson's action did not stop there, the Toronto Sun and the Globe and Mail reported that Clarkson would stay in France until the rescheduling of the inauguration. Then there was more adieu when Rideau Hall claimed that Clarkson would attend a "long-standing engagement with the Queen, when Buckingham Palace announced the dinner was a last minute affair. The monarchists group demanded that if Clarkson had used the Queen as an excuse to shrug her duties she should resign. The Queen should not be used for damage control.
Despite all the controversy, Adrienne Clarkson weathered the storm of harsh opinion and was asked to stay in office an additional year in office.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Clarkson
Published by Carol Roach
Carol Roach holds a masters in counselling psychology. She worked as a therapist at the Douglas Hospital in Montreal before becoming a professional writer.Carol is the author of the book Picking Up The Piece... View profile
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Fantastic! :-)
You do a great job keeping us informed!
Our US media doesn't report on Canadian politics much, so I'll need to read your articles as a source of information.
Great article! Thanks for sharing.
Politics is one job I won't ever think about getting into. Its too much pressure and invasion of privacy. Good reporting.
Great job as usual! You are so talented! I wish that the United States would pattern themselves after Canada! We can learn much from the Canadian government!
Political alliances are important for a country, too:)
Good job on this Carol.
Very well written. Thanks!