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Canada’s prime minister is tasked with recommending a candidate for governor general for appointment by Queen Elizabeth. In 2017 when he recommended Payette, Trudeau said she was ...
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference with Mary Simon to announce her as the next Governor General of Canada in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada on July 6.
Governor General Mary Simon believes mental health isn't being treated with the holistic approach it requires. She points to the teachings of Inuit elders, who speak about seeing the mind and body as ...
Canada has announced that its new governor general will be Mary Simon – the first Indigenous person to fill the role. “Today, after 154 years, our country takes a historic step,” Prime ...
CLAIM: The governor general of Canada “said she needs 958,000 emails to remove” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from office. THE FACTS: The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General said “no such ...
The One Canadian Economy Act, or Bill C-5, was swiftly and arrogantly rammed through the House of Commons by Mark Carney’s Liberal government last Friday with the backing of the Conservative Party, ...
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, presided over the virtual Change of Command of the Canadian Armed Forces ceremony on January ...
On the recommendation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada’s monarch—Queen Elizabeth II—has named Mary Simon the country’s 30th Governor General.
The governor generalship, Canada’s “ceremonial chief of state,” is a ludicrous and embarrassing office at the best of times, so Payette’s humiliating departure marks a particularly ...
The Governor General isn't always a figurehead, however. Canada saw one of the most controversial uses of the powers of the position in what is now the Commonwealth.
Canada’s prime minister is tasked with recommending a candidate for governor general for appointment by Queen Elizabeth. In 2017 when he recommended Payette, Trudeau said she was ...