As Jean’s five-year term ends, GG’s importance becoming more evident

Canadians have been misinformed in the belief that the Governor General of Canada is a mere ornament or a mere vestige of an earlier era, says Sen. Anne Cools.

Governor General Michaëlle Jean's colourful five-year term will come to end in September, and while she may have made headlines for charming U.S. President Barack Obama and devouring a seal heart, it's the coalition crisis of 2008 that makes her time at Rideau Hall historically significant. ...

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