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Originally posted by RACooper
My guess is that they are seen as a politically safe choice; someone who is not beholden to any particular party's platform - in other word's a "fluff" or figurehead appointment. Personally I'd like to see more forceful characters appointed - a return to the likes of Vanier or Massey.
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In the same respect they are also well versed in the politics of the country and of current affairs without any obvious bias. She is really the ideal candidate for the times, with the re-emergence sepratist notions in Quebec. I personally think it is a solid choice, far better than some of the other options the media had been proposing prior to the announcement. Anyways the GG should only be a figurehead nowadays, the crown should remain at arms length. Let the Government run the country and the GG act on it's whims.
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