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    Gov. Gen. Mary Simon delivers the Throne Speech in the Senate in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

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    Governor General Mary Simon ahead of the Throne Speech on Nov. 23, 2021 (Sean Kilpatrick /AFP/CP)

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    Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, right, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before the Speech from the Throne, November 23, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

    Governor General Mary Simon’s 2021 Throne Speech: Full transcript

    The Governor General of Canada opens a new session of Parliament

    Governor General Mary Simon delivers the Throne Speech in the Senate in Ottawa on Tuesday (Adrian Wyld/CP)

    Five takeaways from a very cautious 2021 Throne Speech

    The Trudeau government serves up warmed-over election promises, but ‘reconciliation’ sounds a lot more convincing coming from this governor general.

    Throne Speech 2021, Mary Simon is sworn in as the Governor General of Canada during a ceremony in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Monday, July 26, 2021. THE CANADAIAN PRESS/Blair Gable - POOL

    Throne Speech 2021: Governor General Mary Simon lays out Trudeau Liberals’ mandate – Replay

    Watch Mary Simon, Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General, deliver the Speech from the Throne and formally open the next session of Parliament