C O N T E N T
Canada 3
Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, 5
His Majesty King George VI 6
His Majesty King Edward VIII 6
His Majesty King George V 6
His Majesty King Edward VII 6
Her Majesty Queen Victoria 7
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette,
Governor General of Canada 9
The Right Honourable Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé,
Governor General of Canada ((1984 -1990) 10
The Right Honourable Adrienne Louise Clarkson,
Governor General of Canada ((1999 -2005) 10
The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean,
Governor General of Canada ((2005 – 2010) 10
Samuel de Champlain, The First Governor of New France,
(1627 – 1635) 11
Augustin de Saffray de Mésy, The First Governor General of New
France (1663 -1665) 12
Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Lord Amherst,
The First Governor of the Province of Quebec 12
General The Right Honourable The Lord Dorchester,
The First Governor General of The Canadas, (1786–1796) 12
The Right Honourable Charles Poulett Thomson,
1st Baron Sydenham,
The First Governor General of the Province of Canada (1839 -1841) 13
The Right Honourable Charles Stanley Monck,
4th Viscount Monck, the first Governor General of Canada
after Canadian Confederation, (1867–1868) 13
The Lieutenant Governors Mission 14
Current Lieutenant Governors and Commissioners 15
Queen’s Privy Council for Canada 16
Karina Gould,
President of The Queen’s Privy Council for Canada 16
Privy Council Office 16
Michael Wernick. the Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada 16
The Right Honourable Justin Pierre James Trudeau, 17
Prime Minister of Canada 17
Ministers of Canada 17
The Honourable Justin Trudeau, 18
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth 18
The Honourable Ralph Goodale,
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness 19
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay,
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food 20
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett,
Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs 21
The Honourable Scott Brison, President of the Treasury Board 22
The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard 23
The Honourable Navdeep Bains,
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development 24
The Honourable William Francis Morneau, Minister of Finance..…25
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General for Canada 26
The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement 27
Steven MacKinnon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement 27
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs 28
The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health 29
The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development 30
The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport 31
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development, Minister of La Francophonie 32
The Honourable Jim Carr, Minister of Natural Resources 33
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage 34
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue 35
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Veterans Affairs //
Associate Minister of National Defence 36
The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change 37
The Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Minister of National Defence 38
The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities 39
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women 40
The Honourable Kent Hehr, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities 41
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science 42
The Honourable Patricia A. Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce, and Labour 43
The Honourable Bardish Chagger,
Minister of Small Business and Tourism,
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons 44
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne,
Minister of International Trade 45
The Honourable Karina Gould,
Minister of Democratic Institutions
President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada 46
The Honourable Ahmed Hussen,
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship 47
Canada has glorious past 48
Fathers of Confederation 49
List of prime ministers of Canada 50
The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander MacDonald 51
Canada’s Prime Ministers during its first century 51
The Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson 52
The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau 53
The Right Honourable Kim Campbell 54
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper 55
Political parties at the federal level 56
Canada’s System of Government 57
Canadian monarch 58
Parliament of Canada 58
Senate of Canada 58
House of Commons 58
The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker of the Senate 59
Senators 59
The Honourable Geoffrey Paul Regan, Speaker of the House of Commons 60
Elisabeth May, Green Party 60
The Honourable Hunter Tootoo, Independent, Nunavut 60
The Honourable Judy A.Sgro, PC MP, Constituency:
Humber River — Black Creek, Ontario 61
Michael Levitt, MP, Constituency: York Centre, Ontario 62
Provinces and Territories of Canada 63
Alberta 63
Monarchy in Alberta 64
Unicameral house of the Alberta Legislature 64
Her Honour the Honourable Lois Mitchell,
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta 65
The Honourable Bob Wanner, Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly 65
The Honourable Rachel Notley, Premier of Alberta 65
Alberta welcomes you 66
British Columbia 67
Monarchy in British Columbia 68
Her Honour the Honourable Judith Guichon,
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia 69
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 69
The Honourable John Horgan,
36th Premier of British Columbia 69
Capilano Suspension Bridge 70
Michael, Lucas and Elena Tonu,
tourists from Ontario, on Capilano Bridge 70
Okanagan Valley 70
Manitoba 71
Lt. Gov. Filmon to plant more than 150 trees
throughout Manitoba to commemorate Canada 150 72
Her Honour the Honourable Janice Filmon,
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba 73
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 73
The Honourable Myrna Driedger,
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 73
The Honourable Brian Pallister,
The 22nd Premier of Manitoba 73
First Nations and European settlement 74
New Brunswick 75
New Brunswick is Canada’s only officially bilingual province 76
Her Honour the Honourable Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
31st Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 77
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
(Speaker: The Honourable Chris Collins) 77
The Honourable Brian Gallant,
33rd Premier of New Brunswick 77
New Brunswick Aquarium and Marine Centre 78
Newfoundland and Labrador 79
Beothuk 80
His Honour The Honourable Frank F. Fagan,
13th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador 81
The Honourable Perry Trimper,
Speaker of the 48th General Assembly of the Newfoundland and Labrador 81
The Honourable Dwight Ball,
13th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 81
Anchorage Provincial Park 82
Fundy National Park 82
Northwest Territories 83
Language 84
Margaret M. Thom, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories 85
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
(Speaker: The Honourable Jackson Lafferty) 85
The Honourable Bob McLeod, 85
12th Premier of the Northwest Territories 85
Yellowknife (Mayor: Mark Heyck) 86
Nova Scotia 87
Whale Watching in Nova Scotia 88
His Honour The Honourable Arthur Joseph LeBlanc,
33rd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia 89
Unicameral house of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia 89
The Honourable Stephen McNeil, 28th Premier of Nova Scotia 89
Nova Scotia landmarks 90
Nunavut 91
Inuit 92
Nellie Kusugak, 5th Commissioner of Nunavut 93
Legislative Assembly of Nunavut 93
(Speaker: The Honourable George Qulaut) 93
The Honourable Peter Taptuna, 3rd Premier of Nunavut 93
Pitseolak Ashoona 94
Ontario 95
City of Toronto (His Worship John Tory,
65th Mayor of Toronto) 96
Her Honour the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell,
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 97
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Honourable Dave Levac, 97
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 97
The Honourable Kathleen Wynne, 25th Premier of Ontario 97
The Honourable George Brown 98
( Premier of Canada West (Ontario) – August 1858) 98
William Peyton Hubbard
(City of Toronto alderman from 1894 to 1914) 98
Mario Sergio, MPP (York West) 99
Anthony Perruzza, Councillor, Ward 8, Toronto City Hall 99
Thousand Islands 100
Niagara Falls 100
Prince Edward Island 101
Confederation 102
His Honour The Honourable H.Frank Levis,
28th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island 103
Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 104
The Honourable Francis “Buck” Watts,
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island 104
The Honourable Wade MacLauchlan,
Premier of Prince Edward Island 104
Quebec 105
Samuel de Champlain arrive à Québec –
George Agnew Reid – 1909 picture 106
The Death of General Wolfe at the 1759 Battle of Quebec
– Benjamin West 106
His Honour The Honourable J. Michel Doyon,
29th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 107
National Assembly of Quebec 107
The Honourable Jacques Chagnon,
45th President of the National Assembly of Quebec 107
The Honourable Philippe Couillard, 31st Premier of Quebec 107
Napoléon Bourassa 108
Louis-Philippe Hébert 109
Centre de Ressources Communautaires de Côte-des Neiges,
Montréal, Québec 110
Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec 110
Saskatchewan 111
The bread basket 112
Her Honour the Honourable Vaughn Solomon Schofield,
21st Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan 113
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 113
The Honourable Corey Tochor, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 113
The Honourable Brad Wall, 14th Premier of Saskatchewan 113
Perry Bellegarde,
National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations 114
Assembly of First Nations 114
Chief Kirk Matchap, One Arrow First Nation 114
Yukon 115
Klondike Gold Rush 116
The Honourable Douglas Phillips, 16th Commissioner of Yukon 117
Yukon Legislative Assembly 117
The Honourable Nils Clarke,
Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly 117
The Honourable Sandy Silver, 9th Premier of Yukon 117
Yukon Quest Start Date: February 3, 2018 118
Siberian husky 118
Justin Trudeau:
“Millions of ordinary people doing extraordinary things” 119
The Greatest Canadian 120
Nobel Laureates from Canada 121
Canadian Inventions 122
Canadian Space Agency 123
The History of the poppy 124
Festivals in Canada 125
Literary Festivals in Canada 125
Children’s Festivals in Canada 125
Tatiana Rotaru, volunteer at Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”,
at Carassauga Festival in Mississauga, 2016 125
Amanda Stan, skater and painter, 125
at Carassauga Festival in Mississauga, 2016 125
Field Lacrosse: Canada’s national summer sport
goes back centuries 126
The National sports of Canada 127
Olympics 128
Richard Marvin “Rick” Hansen 131
Terry Fox is one of the most beloved Canadian heroes 133
Terry Fox inspires people to continue his cause 133
Christine Ichim – Cross Canada Rollerblader 134
Darryl Sterdan.From Rush to Drake to Bieber,
celebrate Canada’s 150th with the 150 best Canadian
songs of all time 135
Maria Tonu Justin Drew Bieber – King by performance 137
Homage to Leonard Cohen 139
Sergiu Cioiu, Singer and composer 139
Actor Jim Carrey 140
Just for Laughs 140
Literature. Margaret Atwood 141
Books of Margaret Atwood 141
Publishing Houses in Canada 141
List of few Canadian writers 141
Literature. Prose fiction.
Authors from Newfoundland and Labrador 142
Canadian Association of Romanian Writers 143
Leonard Ionut Voicu,
president of the Canadian Association of Romanian Writers 143
Milena Munteanu. Romanian born Canadian writer,
Toronto, Ontario, To India and back (fragment) 144
Alex Cetateanu, Romanian born Canadian writer Montreal, QC 145
Mihai Eminescu Statuie in Montreal 146
Romanian born Canadian writer Melania Rusu Caragioiu,
Montreal, QC 146
Maria Tonu
Anthology “Eminescu – The symbol of the Romanian Nation” 146
Romanian Literary Cenacles in Canada 147
“Nicapetre”, Toronto, Ontario, founder Dumitru Puiu Popescu 147
“Florica Batu”, Kitchener, Ontario, founder Dumitru Ichim 147
“Mihai Eminescu”, founders Romanian Writers,
Montréal, Québec 147
Books presentation of Romanian born Canadian Authors 148
Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”, Toronto, Ontario,
founder Maria Tonu 149
Maria Tonu with Grigore Vieru, Moldova, 2007 150
Grigore Vieru Biography 150
Maria Tonu with family of Grigore Vieru 150
Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru” activity 2009 – prezent (2017) 151
Tatiana Cazacu – Drozdova and daughter Cleopatra,
Volunteers of Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru” since 2009 151
Elena Godonoga, Irina Ustrafeeva and Daria Ustrafeeva,
Volunteers of Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”
since 2009 with donation for Cenacle office 151
Female vocal ensemble “Moldova”, 2010, 151
Vasile Julea, Volunteer of Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”
since 2010 152
New volunteers of Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”: 152
Ana Zelinschi – Proscurchin 152
Anisoara Proscurchin 152
Alisa Proscurchin 152
Mihai Ciobanu, famous folk singer from Moldova,
at Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”, 2010, 153
Ovidiu Creanga, Romanian born Canadian writer and inventor, 154
Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”
celebrates 89 Anniversary of Ovidiu Creanga 154
Tatiana Rotaru, volunteer at Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”,
presents the volume of 80 poems at Romanian Field, 2015, 154
Volunteers of Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”
at Romanian Field, July, 2017, 154
Friends of the Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”
from Romania and Moldova 155
Irina Login, famous singer from Romania 155
Mihai Costin, jurist and collector of badges
and medals dedicated to Mihai Eminescu,
author of books, Romania 155
Maria Neblea, librarian from Romania 155
Renata Verejanu, writer from Moldova 155
Andrei Viziru, writer from Moldova 155
Ion Cuzuioc, writer from Moldova 155
Daniela Dodon, volunteer at Toronto City Hall,
presents a Greetings letter to Cenacle “Grigore Vieru”
from Councillor James Pasternak 156
Daniela Dodon;s daughter attended an event 156
at Literary Cenacle “Grigore Vieru” 156
Ala Moraru and Slavic Maznic from London, Ontario,
with anthology “80 poems”, 2015, 156
Maria Tonu presents her book at Romanian Field, 2015, 156
Maria Tonu Anthology “Romanian Metaphors”, 2017, 156
Multiculturalism in Canada 157
Multicultural media in Canada 158
Observatorul (Toronto) 158
MediaTon – first Romanian magazine in Ontario 159
Mihaela Moraru 159
Laky Adam 159
Liliana Usvat 159
MediaTon and multicultural media at store in Toronto 160
Alan Direnfeld 161
Lana Sherman 161
Anatolii Korobkin 161
Letitia Montana 162
Daniel Diamond (Diamond& Diamond) 162
Rena Malkah 163
Olga Porcescu 164
Garry Zonis 165
Andrei Munteanu Intellectual games 166
Lioubov Donskova 166
Dumitru Ichim 166
Daria Ustrafeeva 167
Irina Ustrafeeva 167
Niki Tichakova 168
Mohamed and Jubie Joseph 169
Lola Ayinke – succesful businesswoman 170
Rudi, volunteer at Black Creek Park 170
Elena and Sorin Lazar 171
Emilia and Dumitru Rachitan 171
Romanian Cultural Association from Hamilton 172
Dumitru Rachitan 172
George Popa 172
Romanian Ia Day in Canada 172
Pavel Davydov 173
Father and writer Boris Kriger 175
Boris Kriger’s books 176
Maria Tonu, writer, NGO’s leader. My Canada 177
Maria Tonu Biography 177
Maria Tonu in Moldova 178
“Maria, you are a flower in the Canadian garden
and world wide ambassador of Canada” 179
Maria Tonu with Canadian friends 180
Two priests and famous writers:
Dumitru Ichim and Boris Kriger 181
Halloween in Canada 182
Maria Tonu. I propose to make a set of stamps
with the logos of ethnic organizations in Canada 183
Maria Tonu. Cacti can be on Canadian coin 183
Campaign: Don’t skunk © 2017 Maria Tonu 184
Campaign: Best driver – Safety first © 2016 Maria Tonu 185
Bill – Basement 2017, Idea by Maria Tonu 186
Maria Tonu: I have a project for Trudeau cabinet 187
Maria Tonu: Beautiful Canada 188
Maria Tonu: In acrostic I put my feeling about Canada 189
My friend are from Moldova, Japan, Philippines, Africa 190
Happy Canadians 191
This is the colour of happiness 192
Maria Tonu: Canada is a huge museum 193
Mushrooms in Canada 194
Inuksuk 195
The custom to commemorate (In Memoriam) 196
Totem poles 197
Sweet Canada 198
Anatolii Pchelov, composer, soloist and instrumentalist
from Moldova, Concert: October 22, 2017, 17:00 at
Vizavi Restaurant, Toronto, Ontario 199
Share if you think all parks should have these 200
Boris Kriger Afterword 201
Useful links 202
Photo Credits 203
References 207
How is your Canada? 228
How is your Canada?
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