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Visit to Joint Task Force (North)
Speech – December 8, 2011
Yellowknife, Thursday, December 8, 2011 Let me begin by saying what a privilege it is to address you, the members of Joint Task Force North, here at your Yellowknife headquarters. I have been looking forward to this visit, to hearing from you and to learning more about the important work you do in t...
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Address to the Members of the 17th Legislative Assembly
Speech – December 8, 2011
Yellowknife, NWT, Thursday, December 8, 2011 Thank you for welcoming my wife, Sharon, and me to the Legislative Assembly and to the Northwest Territories for our first official visit. While this is the first time that I have been here as governor general, it is not my first visit. More than 25 years...
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Presentation of the 2011 Massey Medal
Speech – December 8, 2011
Yellowknife, NWT, Thursday, December 8, 2011 It is my honour to be here on my first official visit to the Northwest Territories to present the Massey Medal to Mr. David Livingstone. Let me share with you a story I read in Champlain’s Dream, by David Fischer. In France, at the beginning of the 1600s,...
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Official Opening of the “Hunters of the Alpine Ice” Exhibition
Speech – December 8, 2011
Yellowknife, NWT, Thursday, December 8, 2011 For thousands of years, the hunters of the Mackenzie Mountain ice patches lived a distinct way of life, and this exhibit and the work being done at this centre are so important to helping us understand the culture and environment of your ancestors. The wa...