Canada shall flex her muscle! Who then will stand on guard for the unique beauty and strength of the unrecognized giant among the nations? I have a reasonably well-founded idea that hawks and doves will move resolutely towards collective approaches to ensure that

We shall all see what Commander-in-chief looks like, in sharp contrast to the militaristic aura of despots and dictators who also bear the title. Above the 49th parallel a watershed moment has arrived and I suspect that there are more females and young people who know the sound of justice and humanitarian commonwealth than there are old males who want to look back at colonialism and slave economies with a smile.

I most certainly hope this vice-regal reign marks the point of a concerted goodbye to yesterday’s horrors.

Welcome Louise Arbour, Excellency, Governor General 31