Canada's governor general guts, eats raw seal

She hadda be coached into doing that. Is she being subsidized by Canada but is a citizen of the UK? (Governor General? I thought you guys kicked their asses out already)

If you need any help as to how to kick the remaining brits out of these patronage jobs , we can work out something. Course were gonna need a coupla French sailors.

She's a Canadian in an antiquated job. You couldn't pay me to do that, no matter what job I had.

kinda hard to consider following a link to anything with such a gaffe in it

This will probably explain it all a lot better than I could.

Either way, I don't feel that the Queen's representative has any business taking a political position, which is what I feel this action is.

Oh yeah, oops! My bad.

Will I need to write out "bail" 100 times, Miss Beth?

Anybody else have an opinion on this?

No big deal. Bale is a common mistake.

I want to eat raw guts after seeing this.

makes my colon hurt...

You guys! Geeze, the first serious thing I've posted in months!

That'll teach me!

She's got moxie. I happen to agree with her, though I'll acknowledge it's a contentious issue.

I was far, far away from feeling shame.

The thing is, the governor general is supposed to stay away from potential politically motivated issues. More like a neutral figurehead.

I heard a news report on this sealing industry yesterday, and it's currently worth only $3 million dollars (down from previous years). It seems to me, the federal government could easily sort this out by retraining these individuals (who only make a few hundred dollars individually out of this), much like was done with some fishermen.

Maybe we shouldn’t have a GG, but we do. I haven’t had particularly strong feelings about that one way or the other, though her budget seems enormous for a position that’s generally held to be largely symbolic. And she’s supposed to be non-partisan, I see that. That didn’t stop her from proroguing parliament. I didn’t want her to; though I probably would have done the same given the same set of circumstances, it pains me to admit.

She’s no stranger to controversy I guess is my point.

In this latest instance, I appreciate her point of view and respect her willingness to participate in the preparation and sharing of the bounty. Her support, while perhaps futile, lends a degree of validation, and dignity, to some Canadians that participate in a way of life that is perfectly legitimate IMO.

I admire what little I know of her.