The governor general’s resignation offers an opportunity

It is time Canadians turned the page and were truly independent with a citizen of this country at its head.

Andrew Caddell writes that though he respects the Queen, pictured with her husband Prince Philip in Ottawa in 2010, she is mortal, and she and her heirs reside in a foreign country and it would make sense to have her be the last Canadian head of state living in the U.K.The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

January 27, 2021

MONTREAL—“What do we do now?” I imagine this is the refrain ringing through the halls of the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council, as staffers and senior officials confer to figure out how to deal with the mess left by last week’s unprecedented resignation of former governor gener...

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