{"id":660208,"date":"2026-05-10T13:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/660208\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T13:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:04:08","slug":"outgoing-governor-general-mary-simon-insists-she-took-learning-french-seriously-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/660208\/","title":{"rendered":"Outgoing Governor General Mary Simon insists she took learning French \u2018seriously\u2019 &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNX1R0Rm9IelJjRUVVcHhieHE1RU1FMnZ0Y1RRSDVwLVhsc1F6Vm5BeTEtTWRhZlk2T0R1MlA4c2owdHZRUzNBS3RuT19IUGRmVUhqU010eG5VdUVVeFJtdVl6VXFHZ29ZQUZ2aURkS2kwdGVCUUtoNFdDOS10REhGVTV4RWJubmJPZmFqbGpTYW14ZGxiaXpQRHRCaS1HODFXR1dEcjJxWkdNTG55dWZFVk1QVkZLeTVJVnBfaA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Outgoing Governor General Mary Simon insists she took learning French \u2018seriously\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxOSFNsX0VuWHFxYlhlU2c2OE96NGRwSm1TMnZtV3NjdmN3QTM1bUdCYzhOR1VvMElLTlhOZ0w4UzFTZld0Z3JyWmV2MTNldWtLSU1WWmxwRW5Wc1dNVHVEby1ON1NXeU9XS3dUM3c3dEk0REtfN3AzdU5sNG9kWTNUNFE4VG1KS204bGItMzBLMWI3Sl9kQWpibHJneTZkWENHcUs5endQX0tDMG43TkRz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Colonial thinking&#8217;: Inuit criticize backlash to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon\u2019s brand of bilingualism<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2gFBVV95cUxPZHhoTTRJT1VNdEVJaV9ZZi1ZeDR5UTF5cEhqUS0wN3NfSUFjX2RkdWdoQkFFLXF0SlpSZHB0T1N4N25vSW5Ld05YTEpwdE9TSF9kZDZKVVJMUE5aNnNRVV85cmFhVEVkbVNqZ3dieXd5S2FidUpnYWRzZmtranF2VnRBdEtpbFV5NGhUSks0c3VfelptckJkSTZjSWpSSnVXd3BKcEVoeVBCQmJoOVJMRWhFeU44YWpwN0JVM1NwNUdwa1BXZ2ZMbUNrdFd6a1JPMk1KelRkeXg5QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mary Simon should have been considered bilingual even if she didn&#8217;t speak fluent French | Letters to the editor<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Ottawa Citizen<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNNHpWbHhXa2tNYzdTSWxiQTAxUFgxcDU3YVJNY19sOUxjdkpnSWdGR0pSdzJLd3BYVVBjeGk3QVRLQ3ZoR3NicXNNVENNb3JDb3FmeVRDY1FSSmFOTEVFU3dFcGllTDZ4aDZCRHB0VW94aGUxSkZlMDJVYlB4QThZUGhlaVpsMDhs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Inuit criticize prime minister&#8217;s emphasis on next Governor General&#8217;s bilingualism<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo News Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outgoing Governor General Mary Simon insists she took learning French \u2018seriously\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News&#8216;Colonial thinking&#8217;: Inuit criticize backlash to Gov.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-660208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-apple-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}