I am curious as to why this appointment has to be secret. The Queen was told a couple of weeks ago, and then the media has to break the story after a leak somewhere in the government. This was to be an open and transparent government, yet the Khadr settlement was conducted in secret and much of it remains so. With this government, things are secret until they are not. The appointment process for the GG has never been made clear as to the criteria, other then the fact that the PM chooses.You would think that in this day and age , someone could figure out how the citizens of the the country could be involved.