Search

Canada Day at Expo 2010 Shanghai Shanghai, Thursday, July 1st, 2010 Today is a day of celebration. Here, on this first of July 2010, in this spectacular, welcoming setting, we are celebrating Canada’s participation in Expo 2010 Shanghai. Allow me, then, to say loud and clear: Happy Canada Day! Today...

Canada Day Cultural Evening Shanghai, Thursday, July 1st, 2010 Good evening. I know of the great admiration you have for the person who just introduced me, whom we know as Mark and you know as Dashan, a rather fitting nickname, I think, and I hope that this love story between a Canadian and an entir...

Totem Pole Ceremony Chengdu, Sunday, July 4, 2010 I am overjoyed to join you today to mark the unveiling of the totem pole that symbolizes the strong ties of solidarity that link Canada and China, and in particular the First Nations peoples and the Qing. In 2008, Canadians were struck by the images ...

Journées du réseau français dans le monde 2010 - First plenary session entitled "Haïti se relève" Paris, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Allow me to begin by telling you how important it was for me to speak to you and be with you today, at the Journées du réseau français dans le monde 2010. Many thanks to th...

July 20, 2010 Message from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, on the Death of Sapper Brian Collier OTTAWA—My husband, Jean-Daniel Lafond, and I have just learned of the death of Sapper Brian Collier, who was serving with the 1st Bat...

July 21, 2010 by Her Excellency Michaëlle Jean The province of Guangdong (Canton)—where the majority of our fellow Canadians of Chinese origin emigrated from—is twinned with British Columbia. Like Shanghai, Guangzhou—the Cantonese capital—is going through rapid development and is seeing exponential ...

Reception for the Friends of Canada Guangzhou, Saturday, July 3, 2010 I would like, along with the very dynamic delegation accompanying me, to thank you for your warm welcome, as I complete my visit to Guangzhou, the south gate of China. We are delighted to be in this region of South China where so ...