New Governor-General
Prime Minister Paul Martin has appointed Michaëlle Jean as Canada's 27th Governor-General. Across the country, the response has been: "who?"
"I wasn't expecting this at all," Jean said. "I wasn't expecting destiny to come knocking at my door."
She's not the only one. I have been a political junkie for at least 20 years, and I have never heard the name before.
Right off the top of my head I can think of a dozen Canadians that have made national or international contributions to Canada, all of whom would be better-qualified than an obscure journalist whose "national" audience amounts to about 500. They are:
Guy Lafleur
Preston Manning
Wayne Gretzky
Roberta Bondar
Marc Garneau
Leslie Neilson
William Shatner
Rick Hansen
Kate McMillan
Ron McLean
Ellen Gabriel
That Guy Who Plays Bubbles on Trailer Park Boys
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3 comments:
Bubbles is the man for me.
William Shatner. Now that is an inspired choice.
Oh yes Orwell, that's it exactly.
Sheesh.
No I haven't spent time with William Shatner or Mike Smith. Neither have I spent time on someone like Michaëlle Jean, who is even less relevant to Canadians than those entertainters. What happened, did Wendy Mesley turn PMPM down?
I mean, geez. A Quebec separatist was the best Martin could do?
How about someone who has actually contributed something to Canada: how about Anne Murray? how about Lewis McKenzie? how about Julie Payette? Steve Fonyo? Dan Aykroyd? David Suzuki? Ty Domi? Leslie Neilson? Eric Neilson? Sheila Copps? Joe Clark? Lanny MacDonald?
There are probably a hundred thousand Canadians more qualified to be governor-general than a citizen of France who happens to work as a minor reporter on the fourth-ranked TV network.
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