加拿大航空 Air Canada ; AC ; Canadian Airlines ; Aeroplan 加拿大总督 Governor General of Canada ; Governor-General of British North America ; Canadian governor general ; Commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces 加拿...
abstract:The Governor General of Canada (French [masculine]: Gouverneur général du Canada, or [feminine]: Gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. As the sovereign is shared equally with 15 other independent countries in a form of personal union, as well as with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom, she, on the advice of her Canadian prime minister only, appoints the governor general to carry out most of her constitutional and ceremonial duties for an unfixed period of time—known as serving at Her Majesty's pleasure—though five years is the normal convention.
GovernorGeneral of Canada David Johnston tries a C-7assaultriflein a simulationrange at Cartier Drill Hall during his tour of the Governor General's Foot Guard regiment inOttawa.
Following his arrival the duke was presented with the insignia of a Companion of the Order ofCanada and Commander of the Order of Military Merit by the GovernorGeneralofCanada, David Johnston.
Officials argue, somewhat disingenuously, that this is not a constitutional measure since the governor-general, who as the representative of Queen Elizabeth in Canada acts as the head of state, will still technically appoint those whom the prime minister says have been elected.