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Governor General Mary Simon’s 2021 Throne Speech: Full transcriptThe Governor General of Canada opens a new session of Parliament
Five takeaways from a very cautious 2021 Throne SpeechThe Trudeau government serves up warmed-over election promises, but ’reconciliation’ sounds a lot more convincing coming from this governor general.
Throne Speech 2021: Governor General Mary Simon lays out Trudeau Liberals’ mandate - ReplayWatch Mary Simon, Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General, deliver the Speech from the Throne and formally open the next session of Parliament