Many strong Indigenous candidates for Canada’s next governor general, could be inspirational

Let’s have an inspirational governor general. There is a growing view that it's time for an Indigenous governor general in Canada. In this period of reconciliation, this would be positive move.

Former Harper-era cabinet minister Leona Aglukkaq, top left; former Chrétien-era cabinet minister Ethel Blondin-Andrew; former Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette; former AFN national chief Phil Fontaine; Indspire CEO Roberta Jamieson; former Liberal MP Tina Keeper; former N.W.T. premier Bob McLeod, above left; N.W.T. Liberal MP Michael McLeod; Ghislain Picard, chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador; former NDP MP Romeo Saganash; Inuit environmentalist and former ITK president Mary Simon; and federal Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal. The Hill Times files photographs and handouts

Opinion

BY ANDREW CARDOZO

February 1, 2021

The departure of Julie Payette as governor general was sudden and we need a reliable replacement soon. But that should not mean we go back to the default candidate; a white, male, safe bureaucrat. Not to say that a white male is not the right candidate, but let’s have an inspirational governor ge...

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