Governor General Michaelle Jean

Harper and Canadian VIPs Send Greetings to DPA By Helena Zhu Epoch Times Staff Dec 26, 2008 Share: Facebook Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Related articles: Arts & Entertainment > Theatre Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. ((Courtesy of Office of Canadian Prime Minister)) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and several other officials welcomed Divine Performing Arts (DPA), as its 2009 World Tour will enchant the Canadian audience starting around the New Year in seven major cities. The...Read Full Story

Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean on Wednesday praised the military in her final address as acting head of state and commander in chief. On Friday, legal scholar David Johnston , 69, will be installed as Queen Elizabeth II 's representative in Canada at a ceremony in the senate chamber. Jean, Canada's first black governor general, was born in Port-au-Prince in 1957. A Haitian refugee who fled Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier's regime when she was 11 years old, she said donning a military...Read Full Story

Canada's governor general Michaelle Jean will pay a six-day visit to China at the end of the month to celebrate Canada Day on July 1 at Shanghai's Expo 2010, her office said Tuesday. Jean will be accompanied during her June 30-July 5 trip by her husband and daughter and "by Canadian delegates working in various fields," the office said in a statement. The governor general's trip to China will include stops in Shanghai, where Expo 2010 has chosen to celebrate Canada on July 1, Guangzhou, and...Read Full Story

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian woman who was trapped under rubble in quake-stricken Haiti appeared to have been rescued on Wednesday after she texted Ottawa for help. The woman managed to use her cellphone or hand-held device to send the text message, which was received by the Foreign Affairs Department in Ottawa, nearly 3,000 km (1,900 miles) away. It was relayed to Canadian diplomats back in Haiti, who rushed to provide assistance. Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon's office later said it...Read Full Story

So our Governor General, Michaëlle Jean acceded to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request that Canada's parliament be suspended until late January. And the justification ... ? Well, none was provided. But perhaps it had something to do with Harper's Conservative Party being on the brink of losing control of the government. Now I don't dispute that the Governor General was acting within her powers. But I do think her powers need some tweaking if parliament can be suspended just to allow the...Read Full Story