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Reception given in Honour of the Members of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Vancouver, Friday, March 12, 2010 Less than two weeks after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games, the sacred flame of Olympism is warming hearts once again, as the X Paralympic Winter Games are about...

March 21, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the occasion of the Closing of the X Paralympic Winter Games OTTAWA—Canadian athletes and their fellow competitors have demonstrated, once again, their breathtaking feats, providing audienc...

March 19, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the occasion of Journée internationale de la Francophonie OTTAWA—Today, the Canadian Francophonie is celebrating its membership in the international Francophonie. Francophones throughout th...

March 21, 2010 Canada’s history has been shaped by the fruitful encounters of different civilizations and peoples. From these dynamic encounters sprang a unique culture and history, in which diversity became the very essence of the Canadian people, something we proudly celebrate. Yet this co-existen...

March 22, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on the death of Corporal Darren James Fitzpatrick OTTAWA— It was with great sadness that my husband Jean-Daniel Lafond and I learned that the war in Afghanistan had clai...

Reception with Permanent Representatives of the United Nations New York, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 I would like to thank Ambassador John McNee, Canada’s permanent representative to the United Nations, for giving me this opportunity to meet with women who play a key role in this exceptional multilatera...

Art Matters Forum Held in Conjunction with the Presentationof the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts Rideau Hall, le mardi 30 mars 2010 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Good evening. Whether it is discovering the artworks of the laureates of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Ar...

Presentation of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts Rideau Hall, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 We sometimes have a tendency to look at the world without really seeing it, so oversaturated are we by images in our market-driven society. But we sense that there is more than this. More th...

International Symposium “Haiti Today, Haiti Tomorrow:Contrasting Perspectives” Ottawa, Tuesday, April 6, 2010 In these turbulent times, the immediate, and certainly most promising, response to the burning question ‘what do we do in the face of an unprecedented catastrophe?’ is to show unshakeable so...

Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony Rideau Hall, Wednesday, April 7, 2010 At the heart of all the storms weathering humanity and all the uncertainty bombarding the world, there are women and men reviving hope. The people we are celebrating today are of that same calibre. We are incredibly blessed t...

April 9, 2010 Message from Her Majesty The Queen As proud and grateful Canadians, we pause today to mark not only the ninety-third anniversary of this Nation’s victory at Vimy Ridge but also to pay tribute to the passing of a truly remarkable generation who helped to end the most terrible conflict t...

National Commemorative Ceremony Marking The End of an Era Ottawa, Friday, April 9, 2010 The freedom we enjoy in Canada, our country, came at a very high cost. Unfortunately, freedom is not shared by most people on the planet and is still fragile today. At the turn of the last century, men and women ...

April 10, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the death of President Lech Kaczynski OTTAWA – It was with shock and deep sadness that my husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and I learned of the tragic plane crash that claimed the life of Presi...

April 11, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on the death of Private Tyler William Todd OTTAWA—It was with great sadness that my husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and I learned of the death of another member of the Cana...

State Dinner hosted by His Excellency Abdoulaye Wade,President of the Republic of Senegal Dakar (Senegal), Thursday, April 15, 2010 I would like to start by saying how delighted I am. Delighted to be with you here today as I begin my third big trip to Africa. Delighted to once again find myself in t...

Discussion on the Role of the Media in the Emergenceof a New Africa Dakar, Senegal, Friday, April 16, 2010 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY As Governor General of Canada and a former journalist, I am delighted to participate in this discussion on the role and impact of the media in a world that must be both u...

Art Matters Forum on the Social Role of the Artist Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, April 17, 2010 I would like to start this 49th Art Matters forum, the ninth to be held outside Canada and the first to be held in Africa, with a quotation from the philosopher Hannah Arendt. Arendt said that “we humanize wh...

April 16, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, on the occasion of National Volunteer Week OTTAWA— National Volunteer Week, which is taking place this year from April 18 to April 24, reminds us how the active participation of hundreds of th...

Speech to Members of the National Assembly and Senateof the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, DRC, Monday, April 19, 2010 I am delighted to have been given this opportunity to address this noble assembly and I thank you for welcoming me so warmly. I would like to take this opportunity to th...

State Luncheon hosted by His Excellency Joseph Kabila,President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa, DRC, Monday, April 19, 2010 Thank you very much for the warm welcome you have given us and for hosting this dinner in honour of Canada’s first State visit to the Democratic Republic of t...