The new co\u002Dhead of state would be the holder of a combined office of president and governor general
Polls indicate that only about a quarter of the population feels any attachment to the present monarchy, though once again and very deservedly, there was very widespread respect for Queen Elizabeth II as an individual.
The monarch should continue in his role as head of state of the U.K. and the Commonwealth, but should be the co-head of state of Canada . In Canada, the other co-head of state would be the holder of a combined office of president and governor general. I believe that other than where a different arrangement has historically evolved and works satisfactorily, it is preferable that the head of state not be a mainly ceremonious office.
In my small book published several years ago, “The Canadian Manifesto,” I proposed an ambitious program for the reinforcement and modernization of the Canadian federal state. I suggested the adoption of some of the aspects of the current French political structure, while retaining the current federal system, which gives the provinces much more authority than the administrative subdivisions of France.
Under the French and British colonial regimes, when the governors of Canada had some power, even though the population was small, often very talented men held the office: Champlain, Frontenac, De la Galissonniere, both Levis and Carleton , Bagot, Elgin, Monck, Aberdeen, Tweedsmuir, and the last British governor, Field Marshal Lord Alexander.
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