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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
The Lt. Governor doesn't have to swear in or recognize Smith, or anyone else, as the Premier although convention has it that the leader of the party holding the largest number of seats is the Premier. Again, all these top positions, Queen/King/GG/Lt.G, have power theoretically but they are just symbolic in practice and will rubber stamp everything.
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But I suppose that is kind of my point. As long as everyone plays along and agrees that they're not going to exercise that power, it's all fine. What happens when someone is in that role and finds a piece of legislation particularly objectionable though?