On Friday, Canada's governor-general, the official representative of Queen Elizabeth II, the head of state, will deliver the ceremonial throne speech, which is written by the government and lays out its priorities. ❋ Paul Vieira (2011)
The presents also included, more practically, three pairs of shoes from the Canadian ministry of foreign affairs and a quilt from the governor-general. ❋ Unknown (2012)
I suppose it is a mark of just how far we have come that I distinctly recall a serious discussion about the absurdity of the need for an Australian passport, when, after all, Fiji was until recently British, and, besides, had a governor-general, and all mod-cons. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But a year later, in 2008, amid a boost in his own popularity, he asked the governor-general to dissolve Parliament, triggering fresh polls. ❋ Nirmala Menon (2011)
The 39-year-old Holness took the oath of allegiance to his country in front of about 4,000 people gathered on the lawns of King's House, the residence of Jamaica's governor-general. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)
So unfortunately we cannot absolutely assert that the civilian title of governor-general is entirely unrelated to that of major-general, and in this sense the last Governor-General, His Excellency Major-General Michael Jeffery, A.C., ❋ Unknown (2009)
Simpson Miller, who was prime minister for a year and half until 2007, took the oath of office before roughly 10,000 guests on the grounds of the governor-general's official residence. ❋ Unknown (2012)
I have spent a good deal of time and energy over the years attempting to explain to quizzical American citizens that the term governor-general has nothing to do with military rank, but now I find that the matter is not quite so simple. ❋ Unknown (2009)
If either side doesn't give ground in coming days, Mr. Harper will be obliged to ask Canada's governor-general, the representative of the Queen, to dissolve Parliament. ❋ Nirmala Menon (2011)
On Tuesday, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff indicated that his party might ask the country's governor-general—the representative of Queen Elizabeth II, the head of state—to form a government itself if another minority Conservative government loses a confidence vote in the next Parliament. ❋ Nirmala Menon (2011)
The last time Canada had a genuine constitutional crisis, the King-Byng affair, it ended in pretty much disaster, in the Prime Minister illegitimately asserting non-existent powers over the governor-general who was supposed to be in the reserve, supreme and unimpeachable. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The governor-general of Indochina, who had to respond to the Japanese demand, was General Georges Catroux, a distinguished officer who had fought in World War I. ❋ Unknown (2010)
We have a female governor-general, three of seven judges on our highest court are women, and plenty of women have led governments in our states and territories. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed David Johnston, president and vice chancellor of the University of Waterloo, as the country's next governor-general Thursday morning, saying the noted academic represents "the best of Canada." ❋ Unknown (2010)
Indeed, the governor-general designate made an appearance in a 2008 video by Baby Buddha, a Waterloo engineering student-turned-rapper. ❋ Unknown (2010)
How could Ahmadinejad have made it to the second round of voting, when support was lean even in the northwestern province of Ardabil, where Ahmadinejad had once served for three years as governor-general? ❋ Scott Peterson (2010)
