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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)

    The Throne Speech was a lot like a stereotypical Christmas letter

    Shannon Proudfoot: All this symbolism and positive spin, only to find out that by next year the roof will be blown off your house

    Mary Simon and her husband Whit Fraser leave after the announcement at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau that Simon, an Inuk leader and former Canadian diplomat, has been named as Canada's next governor general — the first Indigenous person to serve in the role. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

    Mary Simon, at the moment she’s needed most

    Image of the Week: Simon becomes the first Indigenous person to serve as Governor General, and arrives at a time of great reckoning

    Meet Julie Payette, Canada’s next governor general

    Ten things to know about the former astronaut who will be Canada’s next governor general.