‘Our country is our shared work, and so, too, is our influence on the world,’ says Canada’s 31st Governor General, former Supreme Court justice and human rights advocate Louise Arbour.
‘It is through our differences, and our fundamental right to express them, that we will nourish critical thinking, creativity and innovation,’ said Louise Arbour in her first speech as Governor General.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said ‘a renewed relationship’ between Indigenous people and the Crown is taking shape because of Governor General Mary Simon’s efforts.
Seven years after the Accessible Canada Act became law, the 2040 target for a barrier-free Canada is closer than it seems, yet the chasm between aspiration and architecture keeps growing.
‘I’m very mindful of the legacy I’m stepping into,’ says Canada’s next vice regal, who will serve as the King’s representative, and the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Armed Forces after Mary Simon’s exit this summer.
Looking through the lens of national unity, Prime Minister Mark Carney would be wise to appoint someone from Alberta, who is ready to deal with a crisis on their first day in office.
With the Conservatives opting to keep Bill C-10 in House debate, Green Leader Elizabeth May warned against making it a ‘political football’ when it represents a ‘small step for reconciliation.’
Creating the office is one of the few concrete plans in the Throne Speech, alongside a pledge to reduce approvals on ‘nation-building’ projects from five years to two, while still consulting with Indigenous communities and upholding environmental standards.
Public servants have been working to craft a defining direction for a government still struggling to fill ministerial staff positions, and hire new blood for the PMO.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were the guests of honour in Canada ahead of the Throne Speech receiving a royal salute, gun salute, and cheers from an adoring crowd in Ottawa.
Canada faces ‘challenges that are unprecedented in our lifetimes,’ said the monarch in a speech that addressed building a ‘new’ relationship with the United States.
Playing the monarchy card might protect both Canada and the U.K. from worse treatment at the hands of the U.S. president.
A ‘confident Canada’ can seize the moment ‘by recognizing that all Canadians can give themselves far more than any foreign power on any continent can ever take away,’ the monarch said in his opening remarks.
The Treaties remain in force, yet First Nations continue to be denied land restitution, revenue sharing, and authority over our children, laws, and economies.
The King must recognize the original dishonour: the unlawful alienation of our lands, and the exclusion of our Peoples from decisions that have shaped our destinies without our consent.
International affairs professor Michael Manulak says world leaders are holding back comment so far because they’re ‘unsure about how serious to take the 51st-state rhetoric and whether it was genuine or whether it was just bluster.’
ITK President Natan Obed says the inclusion of Inuktut on the translation platform can empower Inuit to ‘interact more fully in the digital world.’
We can remain on good terms with the Crown, but we can swear allegiance to Canada and its people, free ourselves of many of the anachronisms of colonialism, and be genuinely independent.
When the standing of authority is threatened by its own deception, the coalescence of public trust around that authority disintegrates.
Liberal MP René Arseneault’s oath of allegiance bill would raise constitutional issues and cast doubt on the legality of a similar law passed in Quebec, says Philippe Lagassé. But the Bloc Québécois says it will support the bill.
Probing for records on the processes used for some high-ranking official endeavours can yield bits of data that, in turn, raise more questions.
U.K. consumers have been facing the worst decline in living standards since the 1950s as a result of the combination of soaring inflation and central bank-decreed increases in borrowing costs.
There has never been a solid answer as to why the country would terminate the monarchy without knowing what the replacement would be.
