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Your Royal Highnesses, welcome back to Canada and to Rideau Hall. We’re delighted to host you both as you continue your Royal Tour here in Ottawa.

Members of the media are invited to Rideau Hall to cover a presentation of honours ceremony, during which Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will present honours to 21 deserving individuals.

It’s important that we teach the real history in our schools—the good and the bad. By incorporating this truth into our curriculum, we make sure the next generation grows up dedicated to building and restoring relationships, to reconciliation, to seeing things differently and to valuing Indigenous k...

I see so many Rangers here from across the country— from coast to coast to coast—Indigenous and non-Indigenous. All of you have at least one thing in common: you have all chosen to serve.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, will present the 2022 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.

You have come here representing a variety of sectors, have achieved local, national and international success, and have shown us your ingenuity, innovation and generosity.

Rideau Hall is a welcoming place for Canadian artists. The walls of Rideau Hall feature our artists, and Canadian writers fill our bookshelves.

Tonight, we celebrate all your accomplishments and thank you for your contributions to Canada.

Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser will travel to London, United Kingdom, from June 2 to 6, 2022, to take part in Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Today, I join with Canadians and citizens from around the world in marking a truly historic occasion: the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Members of the media are invited to Rideau Hall to cover the presentation of credentials of seven new heads of mission to Canada.

Welcome all of you to your new roles, ambassadors from Cuba, Ukraine, Ecuador, Portugal, Poland, Japan and Pakistan.

I would like to wish all Canadians a wonderful and reflective National Indigenous Peoples Day.