Pandemic pares back pomp of Mary Simon's installation ceremony as governor general

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When Mary Simon walks into the Senate on Monday to be installed as the country's next governor general, she will find the upper chamber sparsely populated. For Simon, there will be 44 people in attendance to view the ceremony in-person to follow public health guidelines.

OTTAWA -- When Mary Simon walks into the Senate on Monday to be installed as the country's next governor general, she will find the upper chamber sparsely populated.

Federal officials planning the ceremony say public health rules will also require everyone to wear masks and be physically distant. The appointment came amid grief and anger at the federal government over the historic and current treatment of Indigenous people in Canada after several First Nations used ground-penetrating radar to find what are believed to be the unmarked graves of children at former residential schools.

Simon is also to be greeted at the Senate building by the Ottawa River Singers, an Indigenous drumming circle. Once inside the building, and after being greeted by Indigenous leaders, Simon will make her way to the chamber being accompanied by a traditional Inuit drummer.

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