COMMENTARY: A complex, dangerous world, needs good journalism

BEGINNING WITH THE BIRCHBARK CANOES of the First Nations, exploring the interior of this continent, to the satellites in orbit transmitting news from Victoria to Signal Hill, Iqaluit to Thetford Mines, vehicles for communicating information across this country have always been a national concern. It is a daunting challenge, one not to be taken lightly. Neither the journalist that I was, who practised your profession with an unwavering commitment to the truth, nor the governor general I have become, who passionately follows debates of social interest, underestimates the task before you. As such, I would like to begin with a...