Dear Governor Simon, beware of Greeks bearing gifts

Why has the Canadian prime minister appointed an Indigenous woman as a governor-general?

Too often, journalists are preoccupied by the “who” to bother considering the “why”. This grating tendency has been on predictable display in the aftermath of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s belated – as some insist – decision to appoint an Indigenous woman as governor-general earlier this week. Mary Simon, an Inuk leader and former diplomat, is the first Indigenous person to serve as Canada’s titular head of state.