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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I'm not turning my back on anything, I'm just leaving Ottawa,
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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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Knowing better than anyone my own shortcomings, I undertake this task with humility and ask you all, as Canadians, to help me.
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The Clarkson Cup is something that has evolved in the most wonderful and meaningful way,
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This is a land of soul, this is a land of commitment, and this is our place, ... Lets never forget that.
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Stumbling through darkness and racing through light, we have persisted in the creation of a Canadian civilization.
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This has made me feel even a greater part of your family.
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I have felt the warmth of your society, the welcome given to anyone who comes to be with you, to share and to understand,
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Like you, I look forward to a second Alberta century.
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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.
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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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Women's hockey, the playing and interest in it is growing, so this was the right time to do it.
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Yes it is, ... But I need some help.
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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.