Unimpressed.

I wouldn't mind to be proven wrong, but today's choice for the next Governor General, while unexpected, seems rather uninspired.

It seems, and I may be wrong, more like a ploy to shore up support amongst the immigrant communities of Quebec... the last major Liberal voting bloc (advertising executives don't constitute a "major" voting bloc, do they?) in that province that is falling to the Bloc and the other parties (the Tories, the NDP and the Greens).

I expected someone most people (Canadians) could say they identified with, but then I remembered that besides maybe a hockey player or two (Gretzky, Howe, etc.), there isn't really anyone in this fractured country that is almost universally held in high-esteem.