Unless it’s Canada Day, or there’s a throne speech to be read, no one is likely to notice when the Governor General isn’t around. Before last week, Mary Simon’s name hadn’t cropped up in ...

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon presides over the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall on Dec. 20. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian ...

During his resignation speech on Jan. 6, Trudeau said he had asked Canada’s Governor General, Mary Simon, for permission to prorogue the federal Parliament — a special power that only she can ...

Canadian Prime Minister has named Mary Simon as governor general ... He or she has the power to give a throne speech and suspend parliament, give royal assent to legislation and swear in the ...

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon welcomed Zelenskyy to Rideau Hall Friday morning before his address to Parliament, where she taught him an Inuktitut word she has shared with other world leaders, Indigenous ...

Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada on January 6, after three terms. He also requested ...