1 How do you buy a $100 newspaper for a buck? Easy. You know a great paper is coming up when something important is planned like the signing in of a new GG, The editor probably sends out a memo to all writing staff: * OK, team, Wednesday's issue will have the new GG's picture a mile wide on the front page.* *We'll sell tons of papers. We want to draw in as many new readers as possible. That means wider readership for you. This issue demands 110% from all of you. Let's hold onto those new readers! Go!* Editor. Yesterday's National Post was a $100 newspaper! '3s TG

2 Is it an improvement? What it means, to me, is that she is willing to trade in citizenships to get a cushy, highly-paid job and a free mansion, neither of which she has earned through merit. French citizenship is not granted automatically upon marriage. The candidate waits a year after the marriage, then has a window of 2 years within which they can request citizenship. Then, after jumping through many hoops and a long wait, it may be awarded. If Mme thinks so little of her French citzenship, what importance do you think she attaches to her Canadian one? Not much, I'd wager.

3 My comment above was not really off topic. The point is, to me the excellent edition of a newspaper happens to be more important. When is a Governor general not really a GG? When she is a Librano lackey and fails to dissolve Parliament when all the conditions in law are there as in Bought Votes, influence peddaling and two non-confidence motions. 73s TG Still waiting for a genuine governor general. 73s TG

4 You're both right, of course. Naming a television personality as G-G without regard to their qualifications - which should include some knowledge of the customs and workings of Parliament - is typtically Librano. It's not just the G-G; an alarming number of "journalists" have been named to the Senate and patronage posts by the Libranos and I can't help believing that dangling carrots before members of the news media sends a clear message of how those who toe the line will be rewarded. An independent press is thus rendered liable to corruption. Okay, I am also deeply suspicious of anyone who takes out French citizenship. I know they are supposed to be our allies but the knives in my back are troubling.

5 Debbye, Personally, I am not suspicious of everyone who takes out French citizenship (full disclosure, I did it!). My point is that if you take out any citizenship, and then toss it aside for a plum, you cannot help but cast doubt on your sincerity. I am a citizen of the French republic. I have big, big problems with much of their politics, especially their overseas dealings. I have similar misgivings about Canada, the country whose citizenship I hold by birthright. However, when I took out French citizenship, I accepted not only the privileges that come with it, but also the responsibilities. If she were attacked, I would probably go to the rescue, if I could. I would probably show up for my regiment. I won't throw that citizenship away for a few years free rent in a mansion and a fistful of dollars. It's about loyalty and responsiibility. I don't think Mme Jean has much of either. Which makes her the perfect GG for post-rational Canada (no mispelling there).