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Article #106Re: Canada needs and elected head of state.
From: Dave 2
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:00
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. -- There's something exciting about a road, about a highway. It's an adventure. There's a rush of associations and movements. You never know where it's going to take you or what's around the bend or what's going to cross the path especially on a long stretch of highway. - Michele Grijalva
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