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Re: Canada needs and elected head of state.

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From: Dave 2
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:00
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Gavin Grandish wrote:
> 
> How would an elected head of state change anything?  Our head of state
> doesn't do anything, and hasn't since she took the throne in '52.  It's
> our parliament, that we elect, that passes the laws.

Then again, her [unelected] representative can indeed do "something", such as
when L.G Clarece Wallace (IIRC) had to choose between William Andrew Cecil
Bennett and Harold Winch after the election of June 1952 ended in a virtual
draw.  In a similar vein, the G.G. of Australia dismissed  Prime Minster Gough
Whitlam back in the mid 70s after he refused to resign after losing the
confidence of parliament.

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From: Dave 2 <dave2@infowave.cutoffs.net>
Subject: Re: Canada needs and elected head of state.
Date: 1998/10/29
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