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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
lol. Is it really necessary to be a condescending jerk about this? Yes. Lots of us have education. Many of us probably have a lot more education than you. In fact it seems obvious from the nature of your posts that you actually have no idea how the Canadian HoS actually operates. Did you seriously get educated in school that our HoS is some supreme leader in Canada? Are you mistaking actual power with ceremonial power? Go Google "governor general power" or similar phrase and you'll get plenty of articles written to a grade 6 level that explain the nature of the position.
If you'd like to educate yourself about our political system, I suggest you read up on the power that the GG actually demonstrates and the power that the GG theoretically has (but never uses and if he/she ever tried to use, we'd put a stop to it pretty damn quick.)
Could the GG turn into some hilarious power hungry position? Sure I guess, but it'll likely never happen, hence why people are talking about getting rid of the monarchy but keeping the GG position similar. That is, pretty much a figurehead ceremonial position with the same duties and theoretical powers, just no link to the Queen or King of England.
On the same token, sure, the legislative part of our government could start to abuse their power to such an extent that the GG may need to exercise some of their power. But once again, it isn't much of an issue and having a GG that has no ties to the Monarchy in England, isn't likely to change that.
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Queen of Canada is the correct term. Our head of state is the Queen of Canada who is also the queen of England, Scotland etc. She happens to live in Great Britain.