Simon was celebrated at a banquet hall just off Parliament Hill only days before her replacement Louise Arbour is to be sworn in.
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Mark Carney praised Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon in her final days in office, not just for her work as Canada’s viceregal representative, but for a lifetime spent improving Canada’s relationship with Indigenous people.
Simon was celebrated Wednesday at a banquet hall just off Parliament Hill only days before her replacement Louise Arbour is to be sworn in.
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