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The Governor General Designate, Mary May Simon, met with Her Majesty The Queen yesterday.

Members of the media are invited to Rideau Hall to cover the departure of Governor General Designate Mary May Simon as she heads to the Senate Chamber for her installation ceremony, and her return to Rideau Hall as the 30th governor general of Canada.

With great respect, I would like to acknowledge that today we are standing on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinabe people, who have lived and cared for this part of the world for thousands of years.

Iqqagijaqattiaqłunga, ilisaqsiniqarumavunga ullumi nikurravingagatta sakkuimmaittumik pijunnautimminni nunangani iulgaankuin Anisnaapimmiut Inunginni, inuusiqarvigisimajangat kamagittiaqługulu tamanna nunarjuami nunait ilangata arraagugasaalunnut tausatinut tikiusimaliqtuni.

ᐃᖅᑲᒋᔭᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᖓ, ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᓂᖃᕈᒪᕗᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᓂᑯᕐᕋᕕᖓᒐᑦᑕ ᓴᒃᑯᐃᒻᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒻᒥᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᐃᐅᓪᒑᓐᑯᐃᓐ ᐊᓂᔅᓈᐱᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᖏᓐᓂ, ᐃᓅᓯᖃᕐᕕᒋᓯᒪᔭᖓᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᒍᓗ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᓄᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᖓᑕ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓵᓗᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᐅᓴᑎᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary May Simon was installed as the 30th governor general of Canada during a historic ceremony that took place in the Senate Chamber earlier today.

As the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games come to a close, I would like to congratulate our athletes for making our country proud.

“On August 9, we commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. It marks the day of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982."

OTTAWA, Ontario – “Growing up, my family lived off the land for many months of the year. We travelled by dog team or boat. We hunted, fished and gathered food. And my parents taught me how to live in two worlds: the Inuit world and the non-Inuit world.

I am pleased to extend my greetings to those who, from coast to coast to coast and around the world, are celebrating National Acadian Day.

“Congratulations to all of you participating in this summer’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo. You bring great pride to Canada!"

Members of the media are invited to Rideau Hall to cover the presentation of credentials of four new ambassadors to Canada.

Today, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Governor General of Canada, welcomed four new ambassadors to Canada during a formal presentation ceremony at Rideau Hall.

Today, we welcome four new diplomatic representatives to Canada.

Members of the media are invited to Rideau Hall to cover an honours ceremony, at which Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, Governor General of Canada, will present honours to 14 deserving Canadians.