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Declaration on the Occasion of the Inauguration of the 44thPresident of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama Rideau Hall, Tuesday, January 20, 2009 On March 21, 2007, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in this very place, at Rideau Hall, ...

Reception at the Canadian Embassy in Haiti Port-au-Prince, Friday, January 16, 2009 My husband Jean-Daniel and I are delighted to be back in Haiti. The country where I was born. The country where our daughter was born. The country that Jean-Daniel fell in love with, where he found inspiration as a f...

Presentation of Credentials (India,Portugal, Uruguay, Yemen) Rideau Hall, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Excellencies, I am delighted to welcome you, your families and your delegations to Rideau Hall. As a new year dawns, we begin to look to the future. I recently returned from Haiti, where an already ...

Presentation of the Public Service of Canada Outstanding Achievement Award Rideau Hall, Friday, January 23, 2009 I am delighted to welcome you to Rideau Hall to pay tribute to three people—a woman and two men—who embody excellence within the Public Service of Canada, and because one woman is equal t...

Reception for the Diplomatic Corps Rideau Hall, Thursday, January 22, 2009 Welcome to Rideau Hall. I am delighted to welcome you at the start of a new year. We saw 2008 come to a close in the midst of crisis. An economic crisis, a food crisis, humanitarian crises brought about by natural disasters, ...

YMCA Fellowship of Honour Ceremony Ottawa, Tuesday, January 27, 2009 I am delighted to be here with you today. Thank you for such a warm welcome. We have come here to pay tribute to eight exceptional people for whom civic engagement can be summed up in four letters: YMCA. Four letters. Four letters ...

Order of Military Merit Investiture Ceremony Rideau Hall, Friday, January 30, 2009 Welcome to Rideau Hall, where we have gathered to recognize the exceptional service performed by 56 men and women who have chosen to don the uniform and who have had a distinguished career in the Forces. As commander-...

January 31, 2009 OTTAWA— My husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and I were overwhelmed when we heard that another Canadian Forces soldier, Sapper Sean Greenfield from 2 Combat Engineer Regiment based at CFB Petawawa, was fatally wounded by an improvised explosive device while conducting a security patrol, ...

January 22, 2009 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean Intense and deeply moving. During our brief visit to the country, to the south, the north and the capital city, we saw for ourselves the magnitude of the disaster brought on by four cyclones that pounded the island and the region last October: the hu...