Mary Simon Installed as 30th Governor General

Mary Simon Installed as 30th Governor General
Mary Simon looks towards Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during an announcement at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on July 6, 2021. The Canadian Press/ Sean Kilpatrick
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OTTAWA—Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says the country must find the humility necessary to create a more just society, vowing she will play her role as the country’s new representative of the head of state.

Simon officially became Canada’s 30th Governor General, and the first Indigenous person to hold the role, during a ceremony Monday morning.