[Stephen Dame]

During a conversation about who will be appointed the new GG next year, the name Gord Downie came up from a decidedly non-Hip fan friend of mine.

Well, actually, it came about after someone suggested Brian Mulroney (A Senate seat is a possibility if the Conservatives win, (*shudder*) but GG? no.) and she countered: "That bald guy who does the chicken dance would be a better appointment than him. A musician seems in order anyway..." Sure enough, she meant Gord.

So I'll ask my fellow Hipheads, since Gord will be busy touring, who do you think should be the next Governor General of Canada? Jean Chretien asked Jean Beliveau before appointing Adrianne Clarkson in '99, and Paul Martin is a big CFL fan, so rumour has it somebody like Angelo Mosca could be in the running!! And remember, with all the patronage stuff floating around Ottawa, it probably won't be a career politician, so it could be anybody...

As we get closeer and closer to actually electing the gig, it will probably continue to be popular public figures (Clarkson) rather than politicians. It is strictly a symbolic position, so athletes and musicians (The Right Honourable Neil Young?) are just as possible as anyone, especially if the PM is trying to garner public favour.

So, whose the next head of state? I'd suggest that skinny kid from Brantford with the NHL records, but he's still got a few more Gold medals to win us... so, I'll go with Governor General Hugh Dillon. :mrgreen: "EH! You have impecable taste in Governor's Goddamn General! Drop the fucking puck!!"

[mrlayance]

Stockwell Day, hahah

I really have no idea who would be a good GG

[VioletlightHeron]

Joni Mitchell perhaps? Now that her music career is pretty much in the toilet?

[prz]

I think Romeo Dallaire has a good shot at it. I think its an unofficial rule they go back and forth between a Anglo and a Francophone. So Dallaire fits this well.

Plus, it makes up for everything he had to go through in Rawanda and after. He is a great Canadian.

[Stephen Dame]

I think Romeo Dallaire has a good shot at it. I think its an unofficial rule they go back and forth between a Anglo and a Francophone. So Dallaire fits this well.

Plus, it makes up for everything he had to go through in Rawanda and after. He is a great Canadian.

Son of bitch.

THAT'S a winner.

Seriously, consider that idea stolen.

[prz]

OK I will. So I guess you agree?

[Stephen Dame]

OK I will. So I guess you agree?

Yep. I mentioned it to a friend of mine (*cue me seathng with jealously and envy*) who works in the PMO, and we both couldn't believe we didn't think of him, especially given his current high profile.

Likelyhood is slim though given his desire to remain somewhat reclusive (It took the CBC close to a year to get him to appear on a panel, and that was when he had a book to push...) but he has been out in public a little more often as of late.

Don't know if he'd be willing to take on the job, given the stress and his stated desire in "Shake hands with the Devil" to live a somewhat normal life... but like I said, it's a killer nomination. He's deserving and has the diplomatic/internationalist cred to back it up.

But, it'll probably end up being Doug Flutie anyway... :lol:

[prz]

I agree he might not accept it. But you never know. He went away for awhile because I remember back in 2000 the poor guy was suffering from alcohol abuse related to his experiences in Rawanda. SO there may have been a period of rehab.

[Roy-at-tth]

gretzsky? although i'm rather sick of him...

hey while we're on the topic, who do you think is the greatest canadian? cbc is having that voting business...if you saw the commercials..

mine's a toss up between Monsieur Trudeau and Sir John A. Macdonald.

Laurier is in there for sure too.

haha, look at me naming off the primeministers. Can you tell i'm a politics buff?

[Summiteer]

Greatest Canadian.........Chief Dan George.

[Stephen Dame]

gretzsky? although i'm rather sick of him...

hey while we're on the topic, who do you think is the greatest canadian? cbc is having that voting business...if you saw the commercials..

mine's a toss up between Monsieur Trudeau and Sir John A. Macdonald.

Laurier is in there for sure too.

haha, look at me naming off the primeministers. Can you tell i'm a politics buff?

There's already a cool thread on this subject here on the board. I'm a major politics geek too, but I went with Terry Fox for reasons explained in that thread...

You just can't measure inspiration, determination and selflessness like you can legislation...

[jkdiamond]

everyone shits on Mulroney but did you guys know he was asked to be the Secretary General of the United Nations, and he declined.....he wasn't all that bad just made a bad choice with the Charlettown and Meech Lake accords, and thats what killed his government cratch: and GST :x

Maybe it should be Kim campbell for Gov. General :thumb: hock: :lol:

[Stephen Dame]

Remember this thread? Well, the question was pretty well answered today.
Clarkson until Sept '05, and as of now the leading contender for the gig is astronaut Marc Garneau... assuming Paul is still PM in Sept 2005.

Figured I'd bring this up for everybody who participated in the initial discussion... plus I'm bored, and this beats trolling fer porn.

[grooveless touque]

I was going to suggest Lloyd Axworthy. I always liked him, and he built a positive rapport with every foreign politician he ever met. Did this country a great service by extending our reputation out into the world!

[Stephen Dame]

I was going to suggest Lloyd Axworthy. I always liked him, and he built a positive rapport with every foreign politician he ever met. Did this country a great service by extending our reputation out into the world!

You're right, he'd be another great choice, but a little too left for Paul... BTW, if ya liked Llyod, his big brother Tom has a wicked article in this months "Policy Options" makes ya proud to be from this lil' Fisherman's Paradise.