It's largely a ceremonial position. They do the speech from the throne thing, a lot of official functions, but the actual governing is done by the duly elected politicians. I saw our current GG the other day, actually.
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It's a rarity to see here, though the governor general's property includes a cricket pitch.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised you still have a governer general @WilliamKendall?
ReplyDeleteIt's largely a ceremonial position. They do the speech from the throne thing, a lot of official functions, but the actual governing is done by the duly elected politicians. I saw our current GG the other day, actually.
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