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Wrong. The Queen is Head of State. Only the very uneducated think otherwise, and it has never been a "common aspect of successive governments for decades". The website of the Governor General plainly states: "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is Queen of Canada and Head of State. The Governor General is the representative of the Queen in Canada."

Case closed.

It is FREE to send physical mail to the Governor General (and MPs!). Who knows how they weight paper vs. email, but a Canadian postmark makes it way more likely you're a citizen.

http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=325 for the address etc.

"A former chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper says last year’s election day robo-calls are of a scale he’s never seen before and warrant a “huge investigation.”

Globe & Mail article about former chief of staff to Harper calling for investigation.

Don't forget, write the Governor General and demand Parliament be dissolved until new election has been held.

Contact the Governor General and demand he dissolves Parliament and call new elections.

These Conservatives (party of "Law & Order") have committed several counts of election fraud (In & Out and much more).

Fascinating how they love to claim something along the lines of, "Libruls got a speeding ticket, we committed election fraud, everyone's the same". Like speeders & murderers are somehow equivalent in their law breaking.

What the frig else should I do?

Write the Governor General info@gg.ca and demand he dissolve Parliament.

Dunno if he can do it, but it's one of the few non-drastic measures left.

(Fantasizing a bit for next bit here:)
Maybe ask a bunch of active service Afghan vets to storm Parliament and arrest Conservatives: a military coup would be preferable to what happened last May 2nd.

Plus the irony of Mr "Support our Troops or you support the Taliban" Harper being arrested for treason by... our troops would be delicious beyond description.

Actually, the military coup, followed by elections within 12 months (should only take 3 months) isn't a bad idea. At least hasty military trials for treason, swiftly followed involuntary Conservative donations to organ transplant programmes would start to right the good ship Canada.

Good gawd, how low we've sunk!

The wavy band inscribed with zeros and ones represents a flow of information, digital communication and modern media.

The blazon (the heraldic technical description) of the arms is what officially defines them, and it doesn't include the particular sequence of digits; it just says "in base a bar wavy Sable inscribed with zeros and ones Or."

So even if it means something, that particular sequence is just the artist's interpretation; somebody else who redrew the arms would be entitled to change it. Most likely, it's just what the artist liked visually.

It seems that one of the jobs of the GG of Canada is periodically meeting the Aga Khan:

http://archive.gg.ca/media/pho/index_e.asp?GalleryID=584

http://www.akdn.org/photos_show.asp?Sid=47

Now, how would Shatner handle this situation..?

Yeah, those damn foreign-born Canadians...

"The rise of democracy was driven by the citizens' desire to escape from the paternalistic and arbitrary charity of those with money. They accomplished this by replacing charity with a fair, balanced, arm's-length system of public obligation. The principle tool of that obligation was taxation."
"... if they can afford ... [charity] ..., they can afford the taxes which would ensure that we do not slip into a society of noblesse oblige in which those with get to chose who and how to help those without."

- John Ralston Saul

Still, my hat is off for Warren Buffet. He himself has campaigned for a tax code that shifts the majority of the tax burden to the corporations and the rich, and away from the middle class. But if the second richest man in the world can't afford the lobbyists to push that idea through, what hope is there?

Yup, it sure looks like Bryan Adams has been disowned by the Canadian Government. ;)

You have to owe allegiance to the Queen, like Canadians and Australians

Actually, it's a no-go for Canadians, who are barred from accepting foreign honours. Just ask Terry Matthews and (especially) the notorious ex-Canadian Lord Black of Crossharbour.

What Canadians do have is the Order of Canada, which is essentially a knighthood without the titles (sir etc...). The Order of Canada is awarded by the Governor-General on behalf of the Queen of Canada, who just happens to be the same person as the Queen of England - who isn't allowed to bestow titles on Canadians. Simple, eh?

In other news, for a good review of the British honours system see here.