GOVERNOR GENERAL ARRIVES IN GERMANY FOR FIRST VISIT

Gov. Gen. Mary May Simon arrives Sunday in Berlin to begin her first international visit on behalf of Canada in the German capital. May Simon’s four-day state visit will include a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel, and she will represent Canada at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair. In Berlin, May Simon is to visit the Humboldt Forum, which houses numerous Canadian artifacts, including two Indigenous totem poles from the West Coast. In Frankfurt, she will attend the world’s largest publishing trade show, and this year Canada is the guest of honour. The Governor General will also attend a roundtable discussion about Arctic exploration, which will be held at the Frankfurt Archaeological Museum.