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The most important responsibility of the Governor General is to ensure that there is always a Government with the confidence of the House of Commons. For a list of the numerous duties of the Governor General, see the related question.
If you ask this question to all politicians they would probably argue. The most important is the Governor General, but if you include the Queen it would be the Queen. I'm not sure if a Queen is a politician job.
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Most CARICOM countries do not have a Governor General because they are not headed by the queen and is instead a country on its own headed by a president.
Constitutionally, the Governor General is the chief executive officer and commander-in-chief of Canada, and carries out the government of Canada in the Queen's name. The Governor General's role is to carry out the functions of goverment. Actual decision making and debate is left to politicians, but the Governor General does have to grant assent to all legislation issued by Parliament or the Cabinet, call elections and referendums, appoint officials such as ministers and senators, conduct diplomatic relations with other governments, ect... Generally, the Governor General performs these duties on the advice of the Prime Minister, but the Governor General can exercise discretion in some cases, and always has the right to be informed and give advice to the ministers. The Governor General represents the Queen in Canada, and most of the Queen's authority has been delegated to the Governor General as her personal representative. The Governor General plays an important role in granting Canadian honours, and participates in civilian and military ceremonies throughout the country and abroad. The Governor General also represents Canada internationally by conducting state visits.
The governor-general's role is mostly ceremonial with little real power.
The position of Governor-General is the Queen's representative in Canada.
In the State of Victoria, Australia, the Queen's representative is the Governor, Professor David de Kretser, A.C.The city of Victoria is the capital of the province of British Columbia in Canada. The Queen's representative in British Columbia is Lieutenant Governor Steven L. Point, OBC.
General the Most Honourable The Marquess Cornwallis was the second Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, of Bengal. The position would later become the two offices of the Governor-General of India, and the Governor-General of Pakistan. (It should be noted that Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, was acting Governor before The Marquess Cornwallis.)
Yes. The Governor General is more powerful, but he/she is also above the federal government. The most powerful person in the federal government is indeed Mr. Harper. ==================== Technically, no. The person with the most power is the Governor General.
The Queen's representative is the Governor General of Canada.The Governor General exercises most of the Queen's functions as head of State (some functions, however, are exclusively exerciseable by the Sovereign). The Governor General is appointed by the Queen, on the advice of the prime minister (the head of Government), and serves at Her Majesty's pleasure. Presently, the Governor General is Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean. (Mr. David Johnston is the Governor General-designate, and is set to be appointed on 1 October 2010.)
The most important man to the Confederacy is the general.