Rideau

Peter Russell discloses another consideration within Rideau Hall that December day.

Yesterday afternoon I sat down with the Governor General for one of her final interviews before she leaves Rideau later this week. A fuller accounting of that conversation will appear in this week’s issue of the magazine, but for now, here is what was asked and what was said about the decision to grant the Prime Minister’s request to prorogue Parliament in 2008.

Or at least her office, in response to an emailed question about whether Madame Jean might be on her way back to Ottawa.