Requiem for irrelevance: does it matter that the GG didn’t work out?

Canada could end this relationship and insert in its place a home-grown head of state, but it’s not likely to happen.

The resignation of former governor general Julie Payette, pictured at her installation on Oct. 2, 2017, is an embarrassment for the prime minister, but optimally, the controversy might focus more attention on the future of the archaic, ill-suited constitutional monarchy Canada is still stuck with, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

January 27, 2021

OTTAWA—How anyone could manage to foul up the you-won-the-lottery job of Canada’s governor general will always be bewildering. The job places one in the midst of unimaginable all-expense-covered luxury, pays $300,000 a year, comes with a $150,000 lifetime annuity and would normally look pretty ...

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