OTTAWA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Mary Simon, Canada's first Governor-General of Aboriginal descent, was sworn in on July 26 and became the country's 30th Governor-General.
The inauguration ceremony was held on the same day in the Senate of the Canadian Parliament. Restricted by the covid-19 epidemic prevention and control measures, about 50 people, including Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau and the speaker of the Senate and the House of Representatives, wore masks to attend.
At the inauguration, Simon said she would do her best to bridge bridges between different backgrounds and cultures.
Born in 1947 in Quebec, Canada, Simon is of Inuit descent and has served as Chairman of the Inuit National Committee of Canada and Canada's Ambassador to Denmark.
In the past two months, Canada has found more than 1,000 unnamed tombs and a large number of remains near the former sites of 4 Aboriginal boarding schools, which has aroused widespread concern in Canada and the international community. Trudeau announced on July 6 that he had recommended Simon as the 30th Governor-General of Canada, a recommendation that Queen Elizabeth II had accepted.
Canada is a Commonwealth country, the Queen of the United Kingdom is the head of state of Canada, and the Governor-General is the Permanent Representative of the Queen of the United Kingdom, recommended by the Prime Minister of Canada and appointed by the Queen of the United Kingdom for a term of 5 years. In January, then-Governor General Paulet of Canada announced his resignation.
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