Jean is Canada s first black Governor General the second person without either a political or military background after Adrienne Clarkson the second person from a visible minority and again after Clarkson foreign born like Clarkson and breaking tradition since Vincent Massey s appointment Doesn t everyone think it s rather hollow and terminally PC to keep referring to breaking the tradition when the last GG who was a British subject was Alexander and he quit in 1952 Perhaps it would be breaking tradition if we DID appoint a british subject