#The Throne Speech was a lot like a stereotypical Christmas letter

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“#The Throne Speech was a lot like a stereotypical Christmas letter” A Speech from the Throne is a curious thing. It functions as a mission statement at the opening of a new session of Parliament, so it is effectively a government talking to itself and about itself to the public at once. In its modern…

#Mary Simon, at the moment she’s needed most

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“#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 In 2010, Mary Simon, then the president of Canada’s national Inuit organization, may have noticed her name being bandied about in the press as…