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the people of Canada can require is that the Governor-General 
for the time being should always act upon the advice of 
Ministers responsible to him. The right of discussion and 
the power of censure rest practically with the Imperial House 
of Commons, and have been not infrequently exercised there. 
So in the Province of Quebec its legislature and people are 
bound to receive the nominee of the Governor-General, and 
so long as their constitutional rights are protected have 
nothing to say against his recall for any cause whatever. If 
Mr. Letellier were removed his successor must accept the 
Ministry which he finds enjoying the confidence of the Legis- 
lature, and so long as this constitutional right is preserved it 
matters not to them who may be their Lieutenant-Governor. 
It rests with the Dominion Parliament to approve or dis- 
approve of a change in the personnel in the Lieutenant- 
Governorship. The distinction seems to have been fully 
observed in the Province of Quebec during the late Local 
and Dominion elections. It must be borne in mind that the 
constituencies and the franchise are the same for both elec- 
tions, and the same body of electors which when the question 
constitutionally before them was the comparative merits 
of the De Boucherville and Joly administrations divided 
in nearly equal numbers returned to the Dominion Parlia- 
ment 48 as against 17, or a majority of 31 pledged to vote for 
the censure of Mr. Letellier’s conduct in the place where it 
alone could be constitutionally impugned. 
After full and anxious consideration his Excellency’s ad- 
visers desire to express their strong conviction that it is 
highly expedient that the vote of Parliament should be 
given effect to by the dismissal of Mr. Letellier. If it is not, 
a Provincial Lieutenant-Governor will be the only practically 
irresponsible official in Canada. On the other hand, his 
removal will be a warning to all future Lieutenant-Governors 
to exercise their powers as such with the strictest impartiality. 
As Mr. Letellier has been the first, in the case of his removal 
he will probably be the last partisan Lieutenant-Governor, 
and all further trouble from that source may be considered 
as at an end. His fate will be a warning to others for all 
time to come. Again, they are convinced that peace and 
contentment will not be restored in the Province of Quebec 
so long as he retains his present position ; and lastly, they 
think that a Ministry enjoying the confidence of Her Majesty’s 
representative and a large majority of both Houses of 
Parliament and administering all the affairs of Canada, 
whether of a legislative or executive character, and including