How does she do her job if shes all the way in England?
2006-10-02 09:10:19 · 9 answers · asked by Candy C 2 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Other - Canada
She's an inbred waste of space who still has a parasitic hold on our government -- in theory. In practice, she just comes here once in a while to get another Inuit statue and a decent beer.
2006-10-02 10:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Queen has a whole system set up to represent her in Canada. She has the Governor General. The Governor General reports to the Queen and only the Queen. The Governor General is not answerable to the Prime Minister or the House of Commons. She, with the powers vested by the Queen, appoints the Senate. The Senators only answer to the Governor General. And the Senators play an important role in the functioning of the government.
Any bill that needs to be passed in Canada has to go through the Senate, and effect be approved by a bunch of folks answerable to the Governor General and the Queen. Finally to become law the bill is signed by the Governor General.
So the Queen through the Governor General and the Senate wields considerable power in the Canadian system of government.
2006-10-02 13:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by Know-it-all 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Until a couple of years ago Her Majesty's Role was that of Queen of Canada, Head of State, It still is, though successive governments have tried to strip her of roles such as Letters of Credence and Recall being issued in her name -- for Ambassadors are Her Majesty's representatives in other countries. Recently, though the governments have decided to issue the Letters in the name of the Governor General.
In Canada, the Queen's official title in English is: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
>How does she do her job if shes all the way in England?
Well, the Governor General traditionally has acted in Her Majesty's name; doing many of Her Majesty's duties when she is out of Canada. But with modern technology it isn't much different than people who work from home rather than going to the office.
2006-10-02 11:03:43 · answer #3 · answered by kent chatham 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Prime Minister of Canada suggests a representative to the Queen, who she appoints Governor General. The Governor General then signs, and appoints, etc on behalf of the Queen. Mostly rubber stamping and keeping up appearances. The main things are singing bills passed through parliament, calling an election when approached by the PM, and appointing the PM as elected by Canadians. Oh, and appointing Senators as suggested by the PM.
2006-10-02 12:34:18 · answer #4 · answered by JuanB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She has no job to do in Canada, she is just a figure head because we belong to the Commonwealth of Nations along with GB, Australia, New Zealand, etc.. The queen is just the head of state with no political power or say in the internal affairs of Canada or any other country that belongs to the Commonwealth of Nations.
2006-10-04 01:36:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch, since February 6, 1952. As such she is Canada's head of state and officially called Queen of Canada.
Most of the Queen's political powers in Canada are exercised by the Governor General, though she does hold several powers that are hers alone. The Governor General is sometimes referred to as Canada's de facto head of state.
In Canada, the Queen's official title in English is: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
In French, the Queen's title is: Elizabeth Deux, par la grâce de Dieu Reine du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et de ses autres royaumes et territoires, Chef du Commonwealth, Défenseur de la Foi
She relies heavily on her Governor General to perform the day-to-day tasks and to inform her of what is going on. She is, after all, based a long way away from Anguilla, British Antarctic Territory, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena and Dependencies (Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha), Turk and Caicos Islands, Pitcairn Island, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, all of which are British Overseas Territories, but that doesn't stop her being their Queen, even though she has to rely almost entirely on her Governors General to run things!
2006-10-02 09:20:50 · answer #6 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
She's the Queen - the head honcho. She has delegated duties to the Governor General, which is her proxy of each of the Commonwealth countries, not just Canada. Their leader, in politics and policies, is the Prime Minister.
She is doing her job - she's the Queen. She visits, her family visits, there's lots of visiting.
2006-10-02 09:22:01 · answer #7 · answered by firehorsetwo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Buttered" would be my guess.
Oh,you mean roll!Role?Roal? ?
I thought they preferred scones and crumpets! lontl,soc (laugh out not too loud,
sort of chuckle)
Actually there is not much to do in the way of"a job" if you are Queen.It's all pretty cushy.Wear a crown,have some tea,do some charities.She doesn't make policy decisions.
She is there for symbolic reasons.
2006-10-02 09:23:15 · answer #8 · answered by moebiusfox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She does a job?........
Come on!!....she costs the UK taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds a year, lives in a palace and the cheeky welfare recipient is even arrogant!! never mind those dammed kids...
send them all back to germany...see if they will put up with them
She isnt even english, she is german
2006-10-02 09:22:03 · answer #9 · answered by manx4080 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋