The Canadian prime minister is responsible for providing recommendations to Her Majesty the Queen for the appointment of the Governor General of Canada.
As the Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy, the Governor-General represents the head of State, Her Majesty the Queen of Australia. By the constitutional conventions of responsible government, however, the Governor-General only exercises the Queen's functions on the advice of the Executive Council, responsible to the elected House of Representatives.However by convention the queen appoints the governor general on the prime minister's recommendation, and the governor general will always follow the advice of the government of the day.
As of his appointment in February 2011, Stephen Wallace is the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada. Mr. Wallace is responsible for the management and day-to-day operations of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, and oversees the planning and implementation of the Governor General's viceregal program.
The Governor.
he was the governor-general that was responsible for the genocide of millions of people in Nigeria
Lord William Bentick
How is the governor general
Which governor-general? The governor-general of Canada is in a different position than the governor-general of Australia.
Section 5 of the Citizenship Act sets out that the minister responsible (currently the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) can grant citizenship in his authority as a minister of the Crown. No advice to the Governor General is required, as citizenship in Canada is not issued by the Governor General-in-Council.
The Governor General is David Lloyd Johnston.
The Governor General of Jamaica is addressed directly as 'Your Excellency' and indirectly as 'His Excellency the Governor General'
As per the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada, Canada does not use a hyphen for "Governor General".