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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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Yeah, I listed that.
But it appears non of the Governor General's powers have been curtailed. Reading further dow that G&M article I posted earlier ( http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../politics/home)
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The key point is that whatever Ms. Jean did yesterday won't tie the hands of future governors-general or unleash future prime ministers to run over Parliament with their boots.
The reserve powers - the powers that may be exercised by the governor-general without the approval of another branch of government - are undefined and will never be defined, Prof. Smith said.
Because personalities, time and chance matter enormously in politics, Queen's university political scientist C. E. S. Franks said, the reserve powers of the governor-general to respond to constitutional fires have to be unfettered to deal with the unexpected and unprecedented.
"There's no rule that you can't act here or you can't act there," he said.
Similarly, the reserve powers don't fall under the umbrella of what is known as convention, the non-legal rules of the Constitution.
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