Facebookers Want William Shatner for Governer General of Canada

While it started as a joke, a group on Facebook is rapidly gaining popularity and becoming increasingly serious about getting William Shatner to be the next Governor General of Canada. OK, fine, it’s not actually becoming increasingly serious, but there’s no doubt that the group is experiencing massive growth, currently at 40,000+ members. The whole thing was started by a single reporter from the National Post and ballooned through word of mouth.

In a report given to the National Post, Matt Hartley, the creator of the group, explained how he created it as a joke after the Canadian Prime Minister threatened to oust the current Governor General.

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