Canada’s prime minister is tasked with recommending a candidate for governor general for appointment by Queen Elizabeth. In 2017 when he recommended Payette, Trudeau said she was ...

Governor General Mary Simon believes mental health isn't being treated with the holistic approach it requires. She points to ...

Canada has announced that its new governor general will be Mary Simon – the first Indigenous person to fill the role. “Today, after 154 years, our country takes a historic step,” Prime ...

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference with Mary Simon to announce her as the next Governor General of Canada in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada on July 6.

The One Canadian Economy Act, or Bill C-5, was swiftly and arrogantly rammed through the House of Commons by Mark Carney’s Liberal government last Friday with the backing of the Conservative Party, ...

CLAIM: The governor general of Canada “said she needs 958,000 emails to remove” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from office. THE FACTS: The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General said “no such ...

The governor generalship, Canada’s “ceremonial chief of state,” is a ludicrous and embarrassing office at the best of times, so Payette’s humiliating departure marks a particularly ...

On the recommendation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada’s monarch—Queen Elizabeth II—has named Mary Simon the country’s 30th Governor General.

The Governor General isn't always a figurehead, however. Canada saw one of the most controversial uses of the powers of the position in what is now the Commonwealth.

Next spring, the 17th Governor General of Canada since Confederation, his wife (the former Lady Margaret Diana Bingham) and three children will move into Rideau Hall, the spacious Governor General ...

Canada’s prime minister is tasked with recommending a candidate for governor general for appointment by Queen Elizabeth. In 2017 when he recommended Payette, Trudeau said she was ...