Question

What is the role of Canada’s Governor General?

Answer 1

The governor general also presides over the swearing-in of the prime minister, the chief justice of Canada and cabinet ministers. It is the governor general who summons, prorogues and dissolves Parliament, who delivers the Speech from the Throne, and who gives Royal Assent to acts of Parliament.

Answer 2

Canada's Governor General is the the Canadian monarch's federal vice regal representative. (At the moment their monarch is Queen Elizabeth). The position of monarch is rather honorary and the Queen doesn't really have much power. She basically just appoints the Governor General. The Governor General, however, holds the executive power.

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