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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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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Stumbling through darkness and racing through light, we have persisted in the creation of a Canadian civilization.
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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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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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I'm not turning my back on anything, I'm just leaving Ottawa,
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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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The initiative, the love and understanding that I have seen in all of you over the past six years are the best reasons for hope, not only for Canadians, but for all human beings,
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This has made me feel even a greater part of your family.
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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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The Clarkson Cup is something that has evolved in the most wonderful and meaningful way,