Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD FRSCFRAICFRCPSCis a Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth10 February 1939
CountryCanada
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It reflects an intense personal, as well as a national, gratitude for what Ukrainian Canadians have done for freedom in the country of origin of their ancestors and the example they helped set for the world,
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Every Remembrance Day he came for tea (and scotch!) and was a vivid reminder of our country's heroism,
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At our best, we are in constant search of something beyond, of national dreams and destinies that we reach toward, together.
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Like you, I look forward to a second Alberta century.
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Yes it is, ... But I need some help.
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Women's hockey, the playing and interest in it is growing, so this was the right time to do it.
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No one is so poor that they cannot give, and no one is so rich that they cannot receive.
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Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at least encounter regularly, are decent and friendly.
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When you get on the boat that's saving you, don't pull up the ladder behind you
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Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.
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As I go across the country and privately visit women's shelters and counselling centres, I am appalled that the most vulnerable people in our society are still women.
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To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.
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Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
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A society like Canada's, with its four centuries of give-and-take, compromise and acceptance, wrong-doing and redress, is basically a forgiving society.