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Rideau Hall, Friday, October 27, 2006 With the approach of Remembrance Day, I have found myself reflecting on the meaning of duty, and courage, and sacrifice. An illustration of these noble ideas can be found in the work of combat engineers during the D-Day landings in Normandy. As you know, the dut...

Ottawa, Monday, October 30, 2006 Good afternoon! It’s wonderful to see so many of you here today. Thank you Mr. Greenhill, CIDA, and, in particular, the youth action unit, for receiving me so warmly at this youth forum on international development. We are living in a world in which rapid advances in...

October 19, 2006 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to meet with many Aboriginal youths, including a group that accompanied a delegation of veterans to Normandy to pay tribute to the spirit of the warriors who fell in Europe during the Second World War. I...

October 6, 2006 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean I often hear — rather ironically — that I spend a lot of my time handing out medals. But behind each of these medals and the many Governor General’s awards that I have presented is a wish: to recognize and thus encourage the excellence, engagement, ta...

October 16, 2006 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean Over the past year, I came to appreciate what Canadians have in common and everything that precisely defines our citizenship. Wherever I went, I recognized the same good will, the same commitment to weighing the interests of some against the needs of...