As the United States faces a tense fight over the nation’s health care and mounting concerns about the investigation into the President’s potential ties to Russia, Canada has been having a different sort of crisis. Canadian Governor General David Johnston set off a media frenzy on Wednesday when he lightly touched Queen Elizabeth II, breaking royal protocol. Johnston, the Queen’s representative in Canada, was seen helping the 91-year-old monarch down a set of red-carpeted stairs at an event in London to mark Canada’s 150th birthday.