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Banff, Alberta, Sunday, November 2, 2014 It is such a pleasure for me to have this opportunity to greet you and the members of your delegation. Yours is the first State visit of a French president to Canada in a quarter-century, and I am delighted to be part of the occasion. And what more Canadian p...

Rideau Hall, Monday, November 3, 2014 I would like to congratulate all of those who have been invested into the Legion of Honour today. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War, and it is only fitting that we recognize all of you for your service to Canada and to...

Rideau Hall, Monday, November 3, 2014 It gives my wife, Sharon, and I great pleasure to welcome all of you to Rideau Hall. You are being honoured today in this historical place for your dedication to Canadian history. Some of you have instilled a love of learning in your students. Others have showca...

Ottawa, Monday, November 3, 2014 Thank you for this invitation. I am so pleased to have the opportunity to be here and to speak with you today. I would like to begin by addressing the important goal of this gathering: imagining Canada’s future. Ambitious! What a worthy goal it is, and how appropriat...

Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 Thank you for inviting me to speak to you about adoption in Canada. This is a subject that is very near and dear to my heart. As you may know, two of my grandchildren were adopted, and we could not imagine our family without their happy, smiling faces! I ...

Toronto, Ontario, Thursday, November 6, 2014 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Thank you for your warm welcome. I am pleased to be here to address this gathering on skills and post-secondary education. I would like to thank the Conference Board of Canada’s Centre Skills and Post-Secondary Education for conveni...

Toronto, Ontario, Thursday, November 6, 2014 Thank you for that warm and generous welcome. I am so pleased to be here with you this evening. For more than 30 years, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research has been doing such important work. It was a privilege to have served as board chair in th...

Rideau Hall, Friday, November 7, 2014 My wife, Sharon, and I are pleased to welcome you to Rideau Hall for this very special ceremony. Before I begin, we would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family of Private Steven Allen who passed away this week following a training accident. Our tho...

Rideau Hall, Monday, November 10, 2014 It gives me great pleasure to welcome you both to Rideau Hall. Sharon and I are delighted to share these grounds with you, as they are symbolic of the close relationship that Canada maintains with the Crown. Your Royal Highness, though your visit to Canada will...

Rideau Hall, Monday, November 10, 2014 It is a pleasure to welcome you both to Rideau Hall, and to Ottawa. Sharon and I are delighted to, once again, welcome members of the Royal Family to the home of the people of Canada. Your Royal Highness, you have for many years been a part of our daily lives h...

Ottawa, Ontario, Tuesday, November 11, 2014 At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when the guns of the Great War at last fell silent, the fury of conflict was replaced by a deafening silence. In that fragile gap between the sounds of dying and the cries of relief, we were f...

Rideau Hall, Tuesday, November 11, 2014 There is one call—one visit—that every parent of a soldier dreads. Regrettably, too many families throughout Canada’s history have received the terrible, news that their child has died. Losing a child is unimaginable. But as we have seen in recent weeks, when ...

November 15, 2014 Message from the Governor General of Canada on the Occasion of National Philanthropy Day OTTAWA—Every one of us has resources at our disposal that allow us to contribute to the common good. Philanthropy is expressed every day through a multitude of concrete actions, be they simple ...

November 11, 2014 Message from Her Majesty The Queen on the Occasion of Remembrance Day OTTAWA— Here is the message from Her Majesty The Queen on the Rededication of the National War Memorial in Ottawa, as delivered by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal during the Remembrance Day ceremony: “Seven...

Rideau Hall, Wednesday, November 12, 2014 It gives us great pleasure to welcome all of you to Rideau Hall. It is a distinct privilege to work with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales on his charitable work here in Canada. On his last visit here, I expressed my admiration for his work to broaden h...

Rideau Hall, Monday, November 17, 2014 What a privilege it is to welcome you to Rideau Hall, the home of the people of Canada. The Academic All-Canadian Commendation goes to this country’s very best and brightest student-athletes, and each of you being recognized today is so very deserving of this h...

Rideau Hall, Tuesday, November 18, 2014 I am delighted to welcome you to Rideau Hall and to Canada. This building has been the official residence of every governor general since Confederation in 1867, and it is where conversations about Canada and the world take place. One of my great privileges as ...

Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 I am delighted to be here with you to honour some of the best and brightest in Canadian discovery. We are here to celebrate the accomplishments of all of the laureates with us today, including Dr. Graeme Wynn, recipient of the 2012 Massey Medal. I would ...

Rideau Hall, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Welcome to Rideau Hall, home of the people of Canada. It is my pleasure, alongside Sharon, to open our current home to all Canadians to offer this inside look into what makes this place tick. What if these walls could talk? What stories would they have to te...

Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, November 20, 2014 Thank you for your warm welcome. I am so pleased to be here with you this morning. I am of course a strong believer in the importance of international education. As a student, I had the good fortune of spending several wonderful years studying abroad in t...