Canada's pomp and ceremony over America's guns and violence

There was something oddly reassuring Monday morning when our national television networks decided to eschew the aftermath of the horrific Las Vegas shootings in favour of the much more mundane swearing-in of our new Governor General.
While the international media, such as the BBC, not surprisingly focused on rehashing the dreadful events in the United States, we were treated to the pomp and circumstance welcoming former astronaut Julie Payette as our latest federal representative of the Queen.
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