Canada's next governor general is French, female

[Flagg]

Canada's next governor general is French, female


OTTAWA, Aug 10 (AFP) - Canada's next governor general, who represents Britain's Queen Elizabeth in this country, is a French citizen, her spokesperson said Wednesday.

Michaelle Jean, a Haitian-born journalist who immigrated to Canada as a child and settled in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec, will assume her duties as of September 27, representing the queen, who is Canada's head of state.

Her appointment was announced August 4 by Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Catherine Gagnaire, the spokesperson for the future governor general, told AFP Jean holds dual French-Canadian citizenship and is a French citizen through her marriage to French filmmaker Jean Daniel Lafond.

Lafond
left France in 1974 and obtained Canadian citizenship in 1981. Several other famous Canadians also hold dual French citizenship, La Presse newspaper reported Wednesday, including Environment Minister Stephane Dion and former Quebec minister Louise Beaudouin.

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[Maple]

1. Nice!

Makes her an even better choice.

[Spazito]

2. Everything I have seen, heard and read has impressed me on

our new GG. I watched the press conference on her being chosen and she is very articulate as well as genuine, imo.

[Lisa]

9. she's got first-hand experience with many important issues ...

Her dad was kidnapped and tortured by Duvalier's thugs. Her mom has Alzheimers and had to be cared for at home, for many years. She's adopted an orphan from Haiti. So as far as I'm concerned, the fact that she hasn't held political office isn't as big a thing as her critics are making it out to be.

She's already said that she wants to focus attention on human rights and children's issues -- and I believe she already knows more about the challenges faced by caregivers, and the problems Canada will have to deal with if we want to get involved in overseas nation-building, than most of the politicians currently in office. If appointing a GG allows the PM to draw from a pool larger than politicians or "establishment" families, I think we should keep doing it! Excellent choice. I'm confident that she'll do us proud. And I bet her response of "I've never been a token" is going to be as famous as Sheila's "I'm nobody's baby".

[Maple]

10. Only a couple of them

had ever held political office. The position isn't supposed to be political.

I agree...I think she'll be a great GG.

[saskatoon]

13. Vive la Canada Viva La France and Viva Women.

[Doctor_J]

3. I think she's attractive too

I remember seeing a pic a couple weeks ago.

[tocqueville]

4. read here her bio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Jean

[Aristus]

15. Oh yeah! She is ssssssssssSMOKIN' HOT!

:-)

[Maple]

5. You can DU a poll if you like

http://www.bourque.com/

[davidinalameda]

6. I don't see a poll

:shrug:

[Maple]

7. Right under the photo of the GG at

http://www.bourque.org/

[davidinalameda]

8. it wasn't there before

thanks

[NYC]

11. Strange poll results:

Revoke Michaelle Jean's Appointment?

Yes (1,587) 59%
No (1,007) 38%
Not Sure (78) 3%

Total Votes: 2,672

[Maple]

12. Lot of Conservatives

freep Bourque's polls. And anyone who isn't white, Christian and male ...but is, mon dieu, black, female and French...will get trashed....

[Canadian Socialist]

14. I don't think that's the problem

I think it's because she used to work for :::shudder::: THE CBC!!111!!!!

[ConcernedCanuk]

16. I think if she ever dines with the Boy-King or any of his cohorts

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she should make sure to have some "fries" on her plate

:evilgrin:

OH

she makes Condi look a wee bit on the haggish side, no?

AND

someone in the WH better give the pretzeldent a three day course on how to pronounce her name . . .