Sadly amusing that it took Haaretz to pick up on this line by Albanese
February 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Dying to know if she shares views of Paul Brandt re: AB leaving #Canada or not. If she does, the #GovernorGeneral may wish to review her appointment to the #OrderOfCanada. It’s very ‘un-Canadian’ to want to break up the country! 🇨🇦
Since #GG not on BlueSky, I’m cc’ing the PM @mark-carney.bsky.social
Since #GG not on BlueSky, I’m cc’ing the PM @mark-carney.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Dying to know if she shares views of Paul Brandt re: AB leaving #Canada or not. If she does, the #GovernorGeneral may wish to review her appointment to the #OrderOfCanada. It’s very ‘un-Canadian’ to want to break up the country! 🇨🇦
Since #GG not on BlueSky, I’m cc’ing the PM @mark-carney.bsky.social
Since #GG not on BlueSky, I’m cc’ing the PM @mark-carney.bsky.social
Every Canadian needs to pull for Canada , starting with reading @mark-carney.bsky.social Davos speech. Thank you #GovernorGeneral for bringing all your artworks with Denmark and circumpolar Inuk to the table. Greenlanders looking for Canad...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...
Greenlanders looking for Canadian support amid U.S. threats, Governor General says | CBC News
The people of Greenland are looking to Canada for support as they continue to face threats of annexation from the U.S., says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon. Simon, a former ambassador to Denmark and Canada’s f...
www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Every Canadian needs to pull for Canada , starting with reading @mark-carney.bsky.social Davos speech. Thank you #GovernorGeneral for bringing all your artworks with Denmark and circumpolar Inuk to the table. Greenlanders looking for Canad...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/m...
#Canada’s #GovernorGeneral, #MarySimon with #ForeignAffairsMinister, #AnitaAnand are meeting in early February in #Greenland. Plans are underway to open a #Canadian #consulate together there. GOV GENERAL SIMON, an #Inuk woman who previously was the Canadian ambassador to #Denmark #cdnpoli #USPOLI
Canada's Indigenous governor general to visit Greenland as Trump renews talk of annexing it
Canada’s Indigenous governor general and its foreign minister will visit Greenland in early February, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday.
ground.news
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
#Canada’s #GovernorGeneral, #MarySimon with #ForeignAffairsMinister, #AnitaAnand are meeting in early February in #Greenland. Plans are underway to open a #Canadian #consulate together there. GOV GENERAL SIMON, an #Inuk woman who previously was the Canadian ambassador to #Denmark #cdnpoli #USPOLI
“Those who search for the truth and make it their mission to shine a light upon it…
accomplish a task that is indispensable to the flourishing of the spirit, the transmission of values and the progress of civilization.”
~ #JeanneSauvé, Former #GovernorGeneral of #Canada
accomplish a task that is indispensable to the flourishing of the spirit, the transmission of values and the progress of civilization.”
~ #JeanneSauvé, Former #GovernorGeneral of #Canada
December 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Those who search for the truth and make it their mission to shine a light upon it…
accomplish a task that is indispensable to the flourishing of the spirit, the transmission of values and the progress of civilization.”
~ #JeanneSauvé, Former #GovernorGeneral of #Canada
accomplish a task that is indispensable to the flourishing of the spirit, the transmission of values and the progress of civilization.”
~ #JeanneSauvé, Former #GovernorGeneral of #Canada
Following the recent Canadian revelations about the Whitlam dismissal,
it would seem so. Also, it seems after #ScottyFiveJobs was #PM that the #GovernorGeneral has much more power than we thought. Thinking too much control of our democracy by US and UK.
#auspol
it would seem so. Also, it seems after #ScottyFiveJobs was #PM that the #GovernorGeneral has much more power than we thought. Thinking too much control of our democracy by US and UK.
#auspol
“Are governments not to be formed by the leader with majority support in the lower house if the unelected occupant of Government House, acting like a tyrant, doesn’t like that leader?” satpa.pe/9KkrUb7
An Australian coup: Reflecting on Whitlam’s dismissal
satpa.pe
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Following the recent Canadian revelations about the Whitlam dismissal,
it would seem so. Also, it seems after #ScottyFiveJobs was #PM that the #GovernorGeneral has much more power than we thought. Thinking too much control of our democracy by US and UK.
#auspol
it would seem so. Also, it seems after #ScottyFiveJobs was #PM that the #GovernorGeneral has much more power than we thought. Thinking too much control of our democracy by US and UK.
#auspol
Throwback to 2013
Bike Limbo
Former Governor General David Johnston demonstrates his prowess
Capital Velofest
Ottawa, Ontario Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
#throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt #bike #cycling #bikelimbo #governorgeneral #governorgeneralofcanada #people #canada
Bike Limbo
Former Governor General David Johnston demonstrates his prowess
Capital Velofest
Ottawa, Ontario Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
#throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt #bike #cycling #bikelimbo #governorgeneral #governorgeneralofcanada #people #canada
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Throwback to 2013
Bike Limbo
Former Governor General David Johnston demonstrates his prowess
Capital Velofest
Ottawa, Ontario Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
#throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt #bike #cycling #bikelimbo #governorgeneral #governorgeneralofcanada #people #canada
Bike Limbo
Former Governor General David Johnston demonstrates his prowess
Capital Velofest
Ottawa, Ontario Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
#throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt #bike #cycling #bikelimbo #governorgeneral #governorgeneralofcanada #people #canada
#SchleswigHolsteinSonderburgAugustenburg, mother of #PeterAugust, Duke of #SchleswigHolsteinSonderburgBeck, #GovernorGeneral of #Estonia (1758-62) and, incidentally, ancestor of the UK’s #CharlesIII.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#History #Ajalugu
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
4/4
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#History #Ajalugu
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
4/4
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#SchleswigHolsteinSonderburgAugustenburg, mother of #PeterAugust, Duke of #SchleswigHolsteinSonderburgBeck, #GovernorGeneral of #Estonia (1758-62) and, incidentally, ancestor of the UK’s #CharlesIII.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#History #Ajalugu
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
4/4
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#History #Ajalugu
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
4/4
#Pärja (Pärg)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Wreath, garland, or chaplet. Two streets same name: one, in #Pääsküla, known until 1925 as #Шаховская чл, probably after #PrinceSergeyVladimirovichShakhovskoy (1852-1894), #GovernorGeneral of #Estonia from 1885 to 1894, chairman of the committee in charge
1/3
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Wreath, garland, or chaplet. Two streets same name: one, in #Pääsküla, known until 1925 as #Шаховская чл, probably after #PrinceSergeyVladimirovichShakhovskoy (1852-1894), #GovernorGeneral of #Estonia from 1885 to 1894, chairman of the committee in charge
1/3
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#Pärja (Pärg)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Wreath, garland, or chaplet. Two streets same name: one, in #Pääsküla, known until 1925 as #Шаховская чл, probably after #PrinceSergeyVladimirovichShakhovskoy (1852-1894), #GovernorGeneral of #Estonia from 1885 to 1894, chairman of the committee in charge
1/3
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Pääsküla
#Wreath, garland, or chaplet. Two streets same name: one, in #Pääsküla, known until 1925 as #Шаховская чл, probably after #PrinceSergeyVladimirovichShakhovskoy (1852-1894), #GovernorGeneral of #Estonia from 1885 to 1894, chairman of the committee in charge
1/3
Throwback to 2013
Capital Velo-Fest
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
Festival Organiser Dick Louch, former Canadian Governor General David Johnston and his wife Sharon Johnston
#throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt #governorgeneral #governorgeneralofcanada #ottawa
Capital Velo-Fest
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
Festival Organiser Dick Louch, former Canadian Governor General David Johnston and his wife Sharon Johnston
#throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt #governorgeneral #governorgeneralofcanada #ottawa
August 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Throwback to 2013
Capital Velo-Fest
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
Festival Organiser Dick Louch, former Canadian Governor General David Johnston and his wife Sharon Johnston
#throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt #governorgeneral #governorgeneralofcanada #ottawa
Capital Velo-Fest
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
Festival Organiser Dick Louch, former Canadian Governor General David Johnston and his wife Sharon Johnston
#throwback #throwbackthursday #tbt #governorgeneral #governorgeneralofcanada #ottawa
#GavinNewsom 🙏💙 for President2028 #KamalaHarris for #GovernorGeneral
My dream team for the recovery and healing of decades if not centuries to come of 🇺🇸
@GavinNewsom
@KamalaHarris
#ImpeachThemAll
#projectesther #FromTheBottomUp
#Pedofuhrer
#TrumpEpsteinFiles
#ResistFascism
#Solidarity 🌎🇨🇦🇺🇸
My dream team for the recovery and healing of decades if not centuries to come of 🇺🇸
@GavinNewsom
@KamalaHarris
#ImpeachThemAll
#projectesther #FromTheBottomUp
#Pedofuhrer
#TrumpEpsteinFiles
#ResistFascism
#Solidarity 🌎🇨🇦🇺🇸
August 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#GavinNewsom 🙏💙 for President2028 #KamalaHarris for #GovernorGeneral
My dream team for the recovery and healing of decades if not centuries to come of 🇺🇸
@GavinNewsom
@KamalaHarris
#ImpeachThemAll
#projectesther #FromTheBottomUp
#Pedofuhrer
#TrumpEpsteinFiles
#ResistFascism
#Solidarity 🌎🇨🇦🇺🇸
My dream team for the recovery and healing of decades if not centuries to come of 🇺🇸
@GavinNewsom
@KamalaHarris
#ImpeachThemAll
#projectesther #FromTheBottomUp
#Pedofuhrer
#TrumpEpsteinFiles
#ResistFascism
#Solidarity 🌎🇨🇦🇺🇸
#RideauHall 2002
#Canadiantv #tvseries #CBC
#BetteMacDonald as Regina Gallant, earthy, one-hit wonder disco queen recommended for #GovernorGeneral by conniving PM who wants to eliminate position, & Canadian monarchy
#comedy #sitcom #jonathantorrens #joedinicol #fionareid #canadasky #tvsky #humour
#Canadiantv #tvseries #CBC
#BetteMacDonald as Regina Gallant, earthy, one-hit wonder disco queen recommended for #GovernorGeneral by conniving PM who wants to eliminate position, & Canadian monarchy
#comedy #sitcom #jonathantorrens #joedinicol #fionareid #canadasky #tvsky #humour
August 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#RideauHall 2002
#Canadiantv #tvseries #CBC
#BetteMacDonald as Regina Gallant, earthy, one-hit wonder disco queen recommended for #GovernorGeneral by conniving PM who wants to eliminate position, & Canadian monarchy
#comedy #sitcom #jonathantorrens #joedinicol #fionareid #canadasky #tvsky #humour
#Canadiantv #tvseries #CBC
#BetteMacDonald as Regina Gallant, earthy, one-hit wonder disco queen recommended for #GovernorGeneral by conniving PM who wants to eliminate position, & Canadian monarchy
#comedy #sitcom #jonathantorrens #joedinicol #fionareid #canadasky #tvsky #humour
@torontocourt @ontariocourtservices @courtservices @mayoroliviachow.ca @mayoroliviachow.bsky.social @governorgeneral @solicitorgeneral @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social @sarahpalin.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senategop.govpeeps.us not limited to Toronto
August 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
@torontocourt @ontariocourtservices @courtservices @mayoroliviachow.ca @mayoroliviachow.bsky.social @governorgeneral @solicitorgeneral @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social @sarahpalin.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senategop.govpeeps.us not limited to Toronto
The closest analogue to the "state" -- but perhaps not a square fit -- is the Realm of New Zealand. That's defined in the Letters Patent Constituting the Office of GovernorGeneral of New Zealand:
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
August 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The closest analogue to the "state" -- but perhaps not a square fit -- is the Realm of New Zealand. That's defined in the Letters Patent Constituting the Office of GovernorGeneral of New Zealand:
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
This 1939 #book won the #GovernorGeneral 's #Award for #fiction (this is a 1941 #reprint). Set in the mid-17th century, it tells about #JeandeBrebeuf 's and other #priests ' attempts to convert the #Iroquois and #Huron people. $20. #Booksky #HistoricalFiction #CanLit #missionaries #map #oldbooks
July 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This 1939 #book won the #GovernorGeneral 's #Award for #fiction (this is a 1941 #reprint). Set in the mid-17th century, it tells about #JeandeBrebeuf 's and other #priests ' attempts to convert the #Iroquois and #Huron people. $20. #Booksky #HistoricalFiction #CanLit #missionaries #map #oldbooks
Two Ecole St. Mary graduates win Governor General’s Academic Medals at USask
#AcademicMedals #CommunityNewspaper #CommunityProud #Congratulations #EcoleStMaryHighSchool #GG #GovernorGeneral #PADailyHerald #PAProud #PrinceAlbert #usask
paherald.sk.ca/two-ecole-st...
#AcademicMedals #CommunityNewspaper #CommunityProud #Congratulations #EcoleStMaryHighSchool #GG #GovernorGeneral #PADailyHerald #PAProud #PrinceAlbert #usask
paherald.sk.ca/two-ecole-st...
Two Ecole St. Mary graduates win Governor General’s Academic Medals at USask
Two graduates of Ecole St. Mary High School received some significant recognition at the University of Saskatchewan’s Spring Convocation on June 2.Spence
paherald.sk.ca
July 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Two Ecole St. Mary graduates win Governor General’s Academic Medals at USask
#AcademicMedals #CommunityNewspaper #CommunityProud #Congratulations #EcoleStMaryHighSchool #GG #GovernorGeneral #PADailyHerald #PAProud #PrinceAlbert #usask
paherald.sk.ca/two-ecole-st...
#AcademicMedals #CommunityNewspaper #CommunityProud #Congratulations #EcoleStMaryHighSchool #GG #GovernorGeneral #PADailyHerald #PAProud #PrinceAlbert #usask
paherald.sk.ca/two-ecole-st...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Canada’s Governor General calls for Hudson’s Bay artifacts to be returned to Indigenous communities
#cdnpoli #canpoli #cdnleg #canleg #HudsonsBay #artifacts #Indigenous #communities #GovernorGeneral #Canada #History #Canadian
Canada’s Governor General calls for Hudson’s Bay artifacts to be returned to Indigenous communities
#cdnpoli #canpoli #cdnleg #canleg #HudsonsBay #artifacts #Indigenous #communities #GovernorGeneral #Canada #History #Canadian
Canada’s Governor General calls for Hudson’s Bay artifacts to be returned to Indigenous communities
Her Excellency Mary Simon spoke to CTV News Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Omar Sachedina ahead of National Indigenous Peoples Day on Saturday
www.ctvnews.ca
June 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Canada’s Governor General calls for Hudson’s Bay artifacts to be returned to Indigenous communities
#cdnpoli #canpoli #cdnleg #canleg #HudsonsBay #artifacts #Indigenous #communities #GovernorGeneral #Canada #History #Canadian
Canada’s Governor General calls for Hudson’s Bay artifacts to be returned to Indigenous communities
#cdnpoli #canpoli #cdnleg #canleg #HudsonsBay #artifacts #Indigenous #communities #GovernorGeneral #Canada #History #Canadian
8/12 Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler wants Governor General to intervene before royal assent.
"I'm hoping she's paying attention to what's happening here so that she can think about intervening."
Constitutionally unlikely but shows depth of opposition.
#GovernorGeneral #RoyalAssent
"I'm hoping she's paying attention to what's happening here so that she can think about intervening."
Constitutionally unlikely but shows depth of opposition.
#GovernorGeneral #RoyalAssent
June 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
8/12 Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler wants Governor General to intervene before royal assent.
"I'm hoping she's paying attention to what's happening here so that she can think about intervening."
Constitutionally unlikely but shows depth of opposition.
#GovernorGeneral #RoyalAssent
"I'm hoping she's paying attention to what's happening here so that she can think about intervening."
Constitutionally unlikely but shows depth of opposition.
#GovernorGeneral #RoyalAssent
Donald Trump does not take off his baseball cap when being introduced to the Governor General of Canada.
Who the hell briefs this a-hole in protocol? She is the King's representative.
How disrespectful.
#g7 #canada #governorgeneral
Who the hell briefs this a-hole in protocol? She is the King's representative.
How disrespectful.
#g7 #canada #governorgeneral
June 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Donald Trump does not take off his baseball cap when being introduced to the Governor General of Canada.
Who the hell briefs this a-hole in protocol? She is the King's representative.
How disrespectful.
#g7 #canada #governorgeneral
Who the hell briefs this a-hole in protocol? She is the King's representative.
How disrespectful.
#g7 #canada #governorgeneral
The #author of this engaging 1920's #autobiography was a #British #aristocrat and #politician who, while serving as an aide to the #Canadian #GovernorGeneral (his brother-in-law) in 1887, introduced #skiing to #Canada for the first time with #Russian #skis! $40. #Booksky #diplomat #FathersDay #gift
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The #author of this engaging 1920's #autobiography was a #British #aristocrat and #politician who, while serving as an aide to the #Canadian #GovernorGeneral (his brother-in-law) in 1887, introduced #skiing to #Canada for the first time with #Russian #skis! $40. #Booksky #diplomat #FathersDay #gift
you live in a #republic
#Canada functions as a #Parliament under the #Westminster model
This means we have a #PrimeMinister (& appointed #GovernorGeneral who does all the extra checks & balances
It really is a rubber-stamp role, but should things go batshit, like with US, the GG can 🔃 the House)
#Canada functions as a #Parliament under the #Westminster model
This means we have a #PrimeMinister (& appointed #GovernorGeneral who does all the extra checks & balances
It really is a rubber-stamp role, but should things go batshit, like with US, the GG can 🔃 the House)
How elections work in the USA vs. Canada
YouTube video by Korczyk's Class
youtu.be
May 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
you live in a #republic
#Canada functions as a #Parliament under the #Westminster model
This means we have a #PrimeMinister (& appointed #GovernorGeneral who does all the extra checks & balances
It really is a rubber-stamp role, but should things go batshit, like with US, the GG can 🔃 the House)
#Canada functions as a #Parliament under the #Westminster model
This means we have a #PrimeMinister (& appointed #GovernorGeneral who does all the extra checks & balances
It really is a rubber-stamp role, but should things go batshit, like with US, the GG can 🔃 the House)
Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit Canada on May 26–27, 2025. The Royal Visit includes the State Opening of Parliament in Ottawa.
#RoyalVisitCanada #cdnpoli #KingCharles #GovernorGeneral
#RoyalVisitCanada #cdnpoli #KingCharles #GovernorGeneral
May 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla will visit Canada on May 26–27, 2025. The Royal Visit includes the State Opening of Parliament in Ottawa.
#RoyalVisitCanada #cdnpoli #KingCharles #GovernorGeneral
#RoyalVisitCanada #cdnpoli #KingCharles #GovernorGeneral
I’m quite certain the #GovernorGeneral will know what to do #LoserPoilievre #NotHisMajestysLoyalOpposition
May 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I’m quite certain the #GovernorGeneral will know what to do #LoserPoilievre #NotHisMajestysLoyalOpposition
Elizabeth McLeay has a very useful distinction between "high" (constitutional) and "low" (the functioning of Cabinet government) convention which I think is very useful. She suggests if it IS a convention, collective responsibility is certainly only a low one.
(2006) 4 NZJPIL 37.
(2006) 4 NZJPIL 37.
March 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Elizabeth McLeay has a very useful distinction between "high" (constitutional) and "low" (the functioning of Cabinet government) convention which I think is very useful. She suggests if it IS a convention, collective responsibility is certainly only a low one.
(2006) 4 NZJPIL 37.
(2006) 4 NZJPIL 37.