Governor-General's next Post
June 22, 2010 - 8:39am
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean will be appointed as a special envoy to UNESCO, CBC News has learned.
Jean, whose term as representative of the Queen in Canada officially ends on Sept. 27, will serve as Special Envoy to Haiti, where she work on fundraising efforts for the island nation, which was struck by a massive earthquake in January. She is also expected to work on on poverty reduction and literacy programs
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/06/22/governor-general-united-nations.html#ixzz0raKZ3MSL
That report doesn't say who appointed her. Did UNESCO do that directly (which is what I'd suspect, and probably like to think)? Surely this isn't Steve's idea ...
You have to love the passive voice, skdadl. I presume the UN did.
Skdadl, either Harper proposed this or he approved it. A UN body would never dream of making an appointment like this without at the very least the acquiescence of the national government. My guess would be that he actively promoted and requested it. Harper is politically smarter than any politician on the national scene today.
So when is General John de Chastelain's appointment as Governor General going to be announced?
I sort of like General de Chastelain. Is it ok for me to say that here?
I sort of like General de Chastelain. Is it ok for me to say that here?
... only if you want to screw up his chances of getting the nod.
ETA: Hey, you've got something there! This board gets high Google hits! C'mon everyone, repeat after me:
G-G John!
G-G John!
G-G John!
The serious thing I like about him is that we know he knows that yesterday's terr'ist organization is a negotiating partner today, or maybe tomorrow, but inevitably. I mean, the guy knows that. It seems to me a long time since we've had people with that sort of moderately rational outlook on foreign affairs around.
And then he's kinda cute. Well, if you're my age, you think he's kinda cute.