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Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC
The Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard QC continued their official visit to North America, travelling to New York City where they met with Mr Rodney Rigby, Producer of Come From Away, before attending the play.
They then travelled to Bogota, Colombia.
On an Official Visit to Canada, the Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard QC, attended C2 Montreal, where they met with Mr Phillipe Couillard, Premier of Quebec and participated in multiple workshops.
They then visited LCI Education HQ. On Friday, they attended C2 Montreal, where they met Hon. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Canada and then Ms Dominique Anglade, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Science and Innovation and Minister responsible for the Digital Agenda.
Later, they met HE T.R.H Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada before the Governor delivered a keynote address at C2 Montreal.
On an Official Visit to Canada, the Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard QC, participated in C2 Montreal, meeting Jean-François Bouchard, Founder and Chairman of C2 & Martin Enault, CEO C2, Asia Pacific.
They then met Mrs Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, wife of Canadian Prime Minister and then the Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Minister, International Trade, Canada, followed by a meeting with Mr Norman Steinberg, Canadian Co-Chair of the AusCan Economic Leadership Forum.
They then attended the C2 Melbourne Reception, where the Governor delivered the keynote address.
On an Official Visit to Canada, the Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard QC, met with Mr Jean Séguin, Assistant Deputy Minister, External Trade and Export, Quebec.
They then met Mrs Marie-Josée Lemay, Director General Quebec Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion, before meeting Mrs Marie-Josée Blais, Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Innovation and Mr Rémi Quirion, Chief Scientist of Québec, followed by Mr Martin Bernard, Director of the Oceania Desk in Quebec's Ministry of International Relations and Francophonie.
Later, they met HE the Hon. J Michael Doyon, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and attended the Opening Dinner for C2 Montreal.
The Lieutenant-Governor, Mr Ken Lay AO, APM, presided at a meeting of the Executive Council, before swearing in Mr Kevin Lyons as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
The Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard QC, continued an official visit to Canada.
In an Official Visit to Canada, the Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard QC, visited significant cultural sites in Montreal.
The Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard QC, departed for Montreal on an Official Visit to Canada.
The Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, received Mr Ernesto Antonio Duenas Azucena, Consul-General of El Salvador and Dean of the Consular Corps.
The Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard QC, hosted a reception in celebration of the South East.
The Governor, the Hon. Linda Dessau AC, and Mr Anthony Howard QC, hosted a morning tea for Homeward Bound 2018 participants.
The Governor visited the Student Melbourne Study Centre and then, with Mr Howard, hosted a School Captain's Dinner.