Gilakas’la. Thank you for the very generous introduction. Thank you to Justice Sharpe and the Canadian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies for inviting me to present as part of the 2017 Cambridge Lectures. I want to acknowledge all of the dignitaries, students, scholars, and members of the public that are here today. I am very pleased to bring greetings on behalf of the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau.
Gilakas’la. Thank you very much for inviting me to be here today. It is a great honour to be among so many distinguished members of the House of Lords, House of Commons, judiciary, Foreign Service, and others dedicated to public service within our two countries.
And thank you for inviting me to speak this evening at the University of Cape Town Faculty of Law. It is a great pleasure to be here and I thank all of you for coming.
Good morning, everyone. Gilakas’la, thank you for having me here this morning to speak at this incredibly important and very timely forum or knowledge exchange. I want to recognize everybody in the room and not to point out any people in particular but I’m going to just acknowledge one of my amazing Parliamentary Secretaries, Marco Mendicino, who is here today.
Speech from Department of Justice Canada by The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, PC, QC, MP Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada to the Constitution 150 Conference at the Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Ontario: March 10, 2017
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, PC, QC, MP Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada to the Public Policy Forum Reconciliation and Inclusive Economic Growth Conference Speech