Will real Canadian head of state please stand up

By not coming to Michaëlle Jean's defence, the Monarchist League has ironically weakened the position of the Crown's representative in Canada and strengthened the hand of those who want a republic.

OTTAWA—So Governor General Michaëlle Jean gives a speech in Paris to an international audience in which she describes her role as being Canada's "head of state." Then the Monarchist League, various columnists and editorialists, and even the Prime Minister's Office let out howls of prot...

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