FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: SWEARING IN OF NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL TODAY :

Mary Simon officially becomes Canada's first Inuk Governor General

'My view is that reconciliation is a way of life,' says Simon.....As she was sworn in officially today as Canada's 30th Governor General — the first Indigenous person ever to hold the position — Mary Simon praised Canadians' "selflessness" and vowed to "bring people together."

Simon — an Inuk from Kuujjuaq in northeastern Quebec — took her oaths this morning in a ceremony at the Senate chamber in Ottawa.

"I have heard from Canadians who describe a renewed sense of possibility for our country and hope that I can bring people together," she said in her address.

"Every day, inside small community halls, school gyms, Royal Canadian Legions, places of worship, and in thousands of community service organizations, there are ordinary Canadians doing extraordinary things. As governor general I will never lose sight of this — that our selflessness is one of our great strengths as a nation. I pledge to be there for all Canadians."