That old adage that revenge is best served cold
recalls the battle of the Plains of Abraham
when British and French armies settled the question
of which nation's colonial arm would gather to
its expansive collection of developing nations
the nascent country of Canada. Diplomacy had
its day in the recognition of two founding nations
under the British Crown. French resentment has
cooled but never evaporated through the centuries
since despite accommodations and pandering so
it cannot be entirely shocking that a prime minister
of French heritage appoints a Crown representative
in Canada from its Indigenous Peoples origins
pleased to be invested as Governor-General, the
very symbol of the British Crown in Canada who
flourishes in the august celebrity and robust stipend
of the traditional role, a majestic figure whose
every whim entitles her to luxuries fit for a queen
yet who cannot find it in her Royal role to condemn
violently aggressive acts committed in defiance of
the Crown's historical accommodations with Indian
nations throughout the land; not her role, she avers
to comment on the aggravated sentiments spurning
their Royal Majesties, but as a feel-good mediator.
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