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If anyone can be trusted with the key to the city it’s Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
Mayor Jim Watson presented the City of Ottawa’s highest honour to Canada’s top judge Wednesday at a ceremony attended by Gov. Gen. David Johnston and his wife, Sharon, Supreme Court judges, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna, and McLachlin’s charming and lovable husband, Frank McArdle.
From left, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella with Sharon Johnston following the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
Also seated in council chambers were Italian Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado and Israeli Ambassador Rafael Barak, a group of Ottawa city councillors, Gerda Hnatyshyn, whose late husband was former governor general Ray Hnatyshyn, and retired broadcaster Don Newman. He regaled invited guests with stories, like when McLachlin and McArdle’s engagement was announced over the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from Ottawa to Heathrow Airport in July 1991, causing an eruption of applause from passengers.
The ceremony was simple and intimate with a splash of pageantry from the Governor General’s Foot Guards and Ottawa Police Chorus, and a burst of inspiration for our country’s longest-serving chief justice and the first woman to hold her senior post.
McLachlin, a native of Pincher Creek, Alberta, moved to Ottawa nearly 27 years ago from Vancouver after quickly climbing British Columbia’s judicial system, from county court to Canada’s highest bench in the space of nine years. She arrived to the nation’s capital as a recently widowed mother of a 13-year-old son.
Historian and author Charlotte Gray with Don Newman at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, for the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
“And I knew – and this is true – literally no one,” said McLachlin in her remarks.
Despite Ottawa’s reputation for being aloof, the judge found it anything but. Neighbours welcomed her by planting plastic flamingos on her front lawn. Strangers, including community leader Grete Hale, invited her and her son over for dinner.
McLachlin spoke admiringly of Ottawa and its “sheer beauty”, from the treed streets and bucolic atmosphere of her Rockcliffe Park neighbourhood to the elegance of the parliamentary precinct to the museums, galleries, orchestras and theatres (although sadly, not for the moment, an opera company, she added).
From left, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin with lawyer Gerald R. Tremblay and his wife, Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Cute, at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, following the presentation of the Key to the City to McLachlin, the longest serving chief justice in Canadian history and first woman to hold her position.
“Some say this is a government town; a city of bureaucrats and bland functionaries mired in the torpor of the past, but this has not been my experience,” said McLachlin. “Ottawa is a city that cherishes its past, to be sure, but it fights and it fights zealously to honour its heritage.
“But, it is also a city that looks forward; a city whose citizens possess a honed vision of what the city is and what it can become in the future, and are prepared to fight passionately for that future.”
McLachlin joked that she’ll now have to figure what she can break into, using her new key. Even though it’s only a ceremonial key, and doesn’t actually open anything, leave it to her to prove otherwise.
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Mayor Jim Watson presented the City of Ottawa’s highest honour to Canada’s top judge Wednesday at a ceremony attended by Gov. Gen. David Johnston and his wife, Sharon, Supreme Court judges, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna, and McLachlin’s charming and lovable husband, Frank McArdle.
From left, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella with Sharon Johnston following the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
Also seated in council chambers were Italian Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado and Israeli Ambassador Rafael Barak, a group of Ottawa city councillors, Gerda Hnatyshyn, whose late husband was former governor general Ray Hnatyshyn, and retired broadcaster Don Newman. He regaled invited guests with stories, like when McLachlin and McArdle’s engagement was announced over the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from Ottawa to Heathrow Airport in July 1991, causing an eruption of applause from passengers.
The ceremony was simple and intimate with a splash of pageantry from the Governor General’s Foot Guards and Ottawa Police Chorus, and a burst of inspiration for our country’s longest-serving chief justice and the first woman to hold her senior post.
McLachlin, a native of Pincher Creek, Alberta, moved to Ottawa nearly 27 years ago from Vancouver after quickly climbing British Columbia’s judicial system, from county court to Canada’s highest bench in the space of nine years. She arrived to the nation’s capital as a recently widowed mother of a 13-year-old son.
Historian and author Charlotte Gray with Don Newman at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, for the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
“And I knew – and this is true – literally no one,” said McLachlin in her remarks.
Despite Ottawa’s reputation for being aloof, the judge found it anything but. Neighbours welcomed her by planting plastic flamingos on her front lawn. Strangers, including community leader Grete Hale, invited her and her son over for dinner.
McLachlin spoke admiringly of Ottawa and its “sheer beauty”, from the treed streets and bucolic atmosphere of her Rockcliffe Park neighbourhood to the elegance of the parliamentary precinct to the museums, galleries, orchestras and theatres (although sadly, not for the moment, an opera company, she added).
From left, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin with lawyer Gerald R. Tremblay and his wife, Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Cute, at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, following the presentation of the Key to the City to McLachlin, the longest serving chief justice in Canadian history and first woman to hold her position.
“Some say this is a government town; a city of bureaucrats and bland functionaries mired in the torpor of the past, but this has not been my experience,” said McLachlin. “Ottawa is a city that cherishes its past, to be sure, but it fights and it fights zealously to honour its heritage.
“But, it is also a city that looks forward; a city whose citizens possess a honed vision of what the city is and what it can become in the future, and are prepared to fight passionately for that future.”
McLachlin joked that she’ll now have to figure what she can break into, using her new key. Even though it’s only a ceremonial key, and doesn’t actually open anything, leave it to her to prove otherwise.
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From left, Shannon Day-Newman with Ian Johns, Sarah Jennings and Don Newman at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016.
Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin gets a hug from her colleague, Justice Michael J. Moldaver, joined by his wife, Riky, at a reception to celebrate the presentation of the Key to the City to McLachlin at Ottawa City Hall.
From left, Tyler King with his wife, CazaSaikaley law partner Katie Black, former clerk to Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, and her colleague, lawyer Ronald Caza.
Historian and author Charlotte Gray with Don Newman at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, for the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin was presented the Key to the City by Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson at a ceremony with Governor General David Johnston and his wife, Sharon.
From left, Brendan McGovern, special assistant to Mayor Jim Watson, with Coun. Mathieu Fleury, Bea Ross and Jim Watson at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2015, for a reception that followed the mayor's presentation of the Key to the City to Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
From left, veteran municipal politician Marianne Wilkinson (Kanata North) poses with Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin at Ottawa City Hall.
Grete Hale with Frank McArdle at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, following the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
From left, lawyer Warren Creates brought along his framed photo, from June 2000, of himself first meeting Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin with Mayor Jim Watson, to the presentation of the Key to the City to McLachlin at Ottawa City Hall.
From left, Italian Ambassador Gian Lorenzo Cornado with lawyer Jacques Shore and his wife, Dr. Donna Shore, at a reception held at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, following the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
From left, Greg Kane with Ottawa Centre MP and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson at a reception held at Ottawa City Hall.
From left, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella with Sharon Johnston following the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin at Ottawa City Hall.
From left, Frank McArdle and Governor General David Johnston get chummy following the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, to whom McArdle is married.
From left, George Anderson with Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, Supreme Court Justice Andromache Karakatsanis and her husband, Tom Karvanis, at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, for the presentation of the Key to the City of Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
From left, University of Ottawa law student Stephanie Dragoman and Jim McArdle, senior vice president with Export Development Canada, were seen chatting with Valerie Poloz and her husband, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, following the presentation of the Key to the City to Supreme Court Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.
From left, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin with lawyer Gerald R. Tremblay and his wife, Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Cute, at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, following the presentation of the Key to the City to McLachlin, the longest serving chief justice in Canadian history and first woman to hold her position.
Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin enjoys a laugh with lawyers Greg Kane, left, and Randy Marusyk, at Ottawa City Hall.
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