ORDER OF CANADA - FOUR OUT OF NINETY-NINE AIN'T BAD
Governor General Announces New Order of Canada Appointments By STEPHEN WEIR for the Caribbean Camera - What a difference a Governor General of Canada makes. The people who decide which Canadians are to receive the Order of Canada have rediscovered the Caribbean Canadian community, albeit in a modest way. Last week her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 99 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including four Black members. Joining this elite group are: Angela Ella Cooper Brathwaite, Karina Chenelle LeBlanc, Frantz Saintellemy and Hamlin Washington Grange. As the Caribbean Camera has noted that while Julie Payette was Governor General ( 2017 to 2021) there was a dearth of Caribbean Canadian appointees. Reporter Stephen Weir penned an editorial that pointed out that Payette’s December 2019 list of citizens who had earned the Order of Canada had a lot of people missing – specifically the names of people of colour (zero). We