Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Tuesday that retired Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour will be Canada’s next governor general. The governor general is the representative of Britain’s King Charles III . The king is the head of state in Canada , a member of the Commonwealth of former colonies. Carney said Charles approved the appointment on his recommendation. “I will have an opportunity to have very in-depth conversations with Arbour in private on issues that affect Canada and the rest of the world,” Carney said. The governor general has important constitutional duties, but the job is mostly ceremonial and symbolic. Carney picked a Francophone for the job. Asked if she considers herself a monarchist, Arbour said in French that she “doesn’t really know what that term is supposed to mean” but voiced her support for the current system. “I will be the representative of the Crown in a constitutional arrangement that has served Canada extremely well throughout our history, even more in recent decades.…