Former governor general Adrienne Clarkson remembers Queen Elizabeth II as being unfailingly polite and welcoming.
To former governor general Adrienne Clarkson, the word “duty” best sums up Queen Elizabeth II.
“She never mentioned anything political about Canada. Our conversations were always about interesting things in our lives, our houses, dogs, pets, children, etc.”who automatically becomes King of CanadaWhile the British monarch is also Canada’s monarch, they have no role in the day-to-day affairs of state in this country. Those tasks — including dissolving Parliament, swearing-in a new government and granting royal assent to bills — fall to the governor general.
Former prime minister Paul Martin, who hosted the Queen during a visit to Canada in 2005, expressed his condolences in a statement on behalf of himself and his wife, Sheila. He also stated the Crown “conjures up a wide range of reactions among Canadians,” pointing out that for Indigenous people in particular, the monarchy is equated “with a long history of colonization and domination.
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96. “So I came home back to Rideau Hall and said ‘the Queen plays only Canadian music for the governor general of Canada, so could you please play something else rather than ‘Scotland the Brave?’ So they got on to that.”
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