Whit Fraser
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113 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 31 Jul
Whit Fraser’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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in the mid 80s, the terrific crash of Gander, Newfoundland that claimed 256 American soldiers.
There's a story about what I described as the worst act of inequity and racism that I'd seen in the country over a continued period at Lubicon Lake.
you know, a land claim dispute with the federal government that lasted from the 1920s until the 1990s.
And then I try, and because there is a lot of heavy stuff, I try and mix it with more warm and light-hearted or human stories that deal with the generosity of families and others from Newfoundland all the way back to
North again to Yukon.
And the last third of the book deals with the transition and the remarkable, you know, the wonderful gift I call the chapter when my wife, Mary Simon, was appointed Governor General and then our transition into her new position and some of the experiences that moved me
during her appointment as Governor General.
It was certainly completely different from our life, and it's completely different from our life today.
And we're now two weeks back into our old life.
Hope we're adjusting reasonably well.
But it was an unbelievable experience for anybody to be able to be that close and in Rideau Hall to get an appreciation of the role of the Governor General, period, the importance of the Constitution, the importance of the office,
makes and will continue to make for canadians too there's so many things but nothing is highlights it more i think than the several ceremonies every year when 40 50 or 60 people gather and they are awarded the orders of canada and you know and i
Seeing some of the most remarkably gifted, educated and dedicated Canadians move to their own personal tears when they are given that award and the atmosphere in the building at that time.
It's a beautiful thing.
I think we're going to, we've gone through the elbows up a couple of years ago and I wanted to make sure my elbows were up to the extent I could lift them.
I think we're okay.
I think we're going to have
Continued political tensions with our neighbor to the south.
I don't know for how long.
But I think we're stronger.
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