Time for a very Parliamentary Governor General

The government has the right approach, but the wrong target. The Office of the Governor General would make for a much more fruitful object of informal reform.

We live in an era of unmatched prime ministerial power. It may be tempting to attribute this to the autocratic ways of the present Prime Minister, with his much-noted 'bullying' style, but the problem didn't start with him. Former prime minister Jean Chrétien's controlling habits earned hi...

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