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September 21, 2010: Ottawa
I know I have been a real deadbeat at making blog entries. But Parliament is back in session. So I guess I should be too. Just so you don’t think I have been asleep at the switch over the last few...
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September 19, 2010: Ottawa
On Sunday I had a chance to participate in the 30th anniversary edition of the Terry Fox Run. There is an old saying that some people come into our lives and are easily forgotten. Others leave...
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September 23, 2010: Ottawa
Last night I attended a dinner hosted by the Speaker of the House of Commons Peter Milliken on Parliament Hill celebrating Eid Ul-Fitr, the three day Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the...
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September 24, 2010: Ottawa
Yesterday I went to a reception at Rideau Hall to celebrate the end of Governor General Michaëlle Jean’s five year term. So much has been written about her warmth, her efforts to engage youth, to...
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September 29, 2010: Sussex jersey barriers coming down
I just wanted to follow up on a promise we made in the Spring of this year to the people of Ottawa. You’ll recall around the time the Embassy participated in its first City of Ottawa Doors Open event...
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This morning Julie and I had breakfast with a Washington friend, David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States. David has one of the most interesting jobs in Washington. He is responsible for...
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September 27, 2010: Ottawa
On Monday, September 27th, it was my pleasure to introduce two special young women to an audience in the Atherton Auditorium here at the Embassy. These women are two of the ten repertory actors who,...
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I learn this morning with great personal interest that Rahm Emanuel is leaving the White House to run for Mayor of my home town, Chicago. Rahm has been central to everything that has happened in the...
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September 30, 2010: Ottawa
Today I had the pleasure of meeting with Shirley Tilghman the President of Princeton University. She is a famous molecular biologist who was on the Princeton faculty for 15 years before she was named...
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