With the lady with the 5,000 watt smile about to leave the Governor-General’s office, the search for a successor is on. Retired generals have been mentioned. There is a Blogosphere campaign to anoint Willliam Shatner and a Star columnist bemoans the fact that David Johnston, president of the University of Waterloo, likely won’t make it because he gave too narrow a focus to the Oliphant Inquiry. (He recommended against rehashing Airbus.)Well, it seems to The Planet Guys that Prime Minister Harper is missing the obvious choice: Lloyd Robertson. For starters, the CBC has had two recent cracks at the job: Adrienne Clarkson and Michelle Jean. (Romeo Leblanc, too, if you want to go further back) CTV has so far had only Jeanne Sauve but that was long ago. (For those who don’t remember, she did a stint on W5.) Shatner? Well, the guy has been away from home probably longer than Michael Ignatieff. And, would YOU trade California for Ottawa? The right general might be okay but being a military analyst in the media is more satisfying than standing at attention on Remembrance Day.
Lloyd, on the other hand, has everything going for him. He is an avowed Royalist and would never claim to be the Queen of Canada and he knows how to stick to the script. How could Harper go wrong? – The Planet Guys
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