Louise Arbour: a serious, substantive GG for our times

On June 8, Arbour will be sworn in as Canada's 31st governor general. She will be one of the most serious and substantive governors general this country has had, which is fitting for the tougher challenges our country and our institutions are facing.

Louise Arbour, pictured May 5, 2026, at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and shortly after the prime minister announced that she will be Canada's next governor general. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

May 11, 2026

When Prime Minister Mark Carney named former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour as Canada's next governor general on May 5, he did it inside the light-filled, glass and granite National Gallery of Canada, located high up on the banks of the Ottawa River. He said the governo...

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