Originally Posted by
LHR/MEL/Europe FF
this is a good start on the powers of the Governor General in Canada but they are not an accurate reflection of how things work under the applicable conventions of the constitutional monarchy in Canada.
the governor general is not, in practice, responsible for the day-to-day running of the country. the government is, in practice, the crown is limited to acting solely on the advice of the prime minister (and cabinet) as this means decisions are ultimately subject to review by parliament.
in practice the GG doesn't do anything unless requested to do so.
an order-in-council is also subject to judicial review.
All correct! There's the theory of how things are supposed to be / the history of how they came to be, and then the current reality of how they actually are.
The Prime Minister for example is not selected from the Privy Council but rather is simply elected as a normal Member of Parliament who then, by nature of being the head of the party with the most seats goes on to become PM and by extension a member of the Privy Council.
The Governor General is largely a ceremonial role. And similarly the Queen never interferes in the running of Canada, though arguably there are times that she should!
But one does have to understand how Canada was formed (from a governance perspective) to see how & why Swiss is doing what they are.
Personally I wonder why Swiss is going to this extent. Their legal fees by now must be approaching the value of the F tickets (or at least, a significant percentage of the value) so I don't particularly see any gain for LX, unless they're trying to establish precedence that they cannot be held accountable to their own published fares in Canada.