Canadians, a woman from Haiti representing a woman from England is going to decide our future

[HEyHEY]

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy as hell, but maybe it's time we severe ties with Britain for good.

[DonCoquixote]

1. care to give a link?

or other means to find out what you mean? :)

[HEyHEY]

2. here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4569349


Basically the GG is "The Queen's representative in Canada" it's a position that we kept for tradition. We never thought she'd ever have the chance to actually USE any of this power.

[VADem11]

3. The governor general of Canada

is who the OP is referring to. She's the Queen's representative and gets to decide whether there will be another election in Canada or whether the opposition will form a coalition government.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_general_of_canada

[mudesi]

4. She'll accept

Don't kid yourself. It would be bad PR if she refused.

[depakid]

5. This happened in Australia in the 1970's with the infamous "dismissal"

http://www.oph.gov.au/dismissed/default.htm

Here's one view of the intrigue:

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean, who is empowered with the final word on the political crisis on Parliament Hill, faces several options, depending on how the storm unfolds this week. Despite being on a European tour until Saturday, Jean's office says she is busy studying the scenarios. They include:

1. Prime Minister Stephen Harper could try to buy himself time by asking Jean to prorogue Parliament until late January, when the Conservatives are slated to release their budget. Several constitutional experts agree Jean would be unlikely to refuse the request, since Parliament is constitutionally bound to sit only once a year. But they say the prime minister would appear to be bolting from a problem, and would pay a political price for shutting down in the midst of economic turmoil.

"I can't remember when this power to prorogue was invoked to lock out Parliament for a few weeks waiting for cooler heads," said Louis Massicotte, a professor at Laval University. "It sounds really desperate to me. It's like closing shop when the kitchen becomes hot."
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2. The government could face defeat Monday, when the opposition parties say they will join forces in a vote of non-confidence. The prime minister, who must then meet with the Governor General, could ask her to dissolve Parliament, permitting him to call another $300-million election, eight weeks after Canadians last cast ballots.

"To send Canadians back to the polls in the midst of an economic crisis, when they have just gone there, would not be in the best interests of Canadians," says Adam Dodek, a public law professor at University of Ottawa. Other experts counter that the Queen's representative in Canada, despite her formal powers, should defer to the prime minister.
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3. Instead of rubber-stamping an election, Jean could use her "reserve power" to offer the government to the opposition. The three parties have already signed a coalition agreement, and were putting the final touches Monday on a written pitch to Jean. If she agrees, it would be the first federal government to be thrown out of office in favour of an opposition coalition.

"She couldn't be in a much better position to say no than she is right now, because it's so close to the last election and the last election resolved so little," said Ed Ratushny, a University of Ottawa constitutional expert. "If the opposition parties could put together a package showing there is a reasonable possibility they are capable of governing, I think that that would be satisfactory.

More: http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1018272