Shortly after lunch today, King Charles and Queen Camilla will arrive at Ottawa International Airport, in a two-day official duty, aiming to remind U.S. President Donald Trump that Canada is not a U.S. country waiting, but its own identity, culture and history.
The highlight of the trip took place Tuesday, when the king would speak from the throne of the Senate. Each new parliamentary meeting is open to the Throne Speech, which articulates the government’s intended goals and how it plans to achieve it.
This will be the third speech of the throne delivered by the monarch: Queen Elizabeth delivered speeches in 1957 and 1977.
Shortly after Mark Carney became prime minister, he met with Charles and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, where he invited the king to open parliament in Canada.
“I think the Prime Minister wants to make more news about it and send … the ceremony, but … the clever message to the United States, we are different from them,” David Johnson, a retired political science professor in Cape Breton, New Jersey, told CBC News last week.
“We have a completely different constitutional order, we are a different country, we have sovereignty, and the king is a symbolic manifestation of the Canadian constitution and the Canadian government.”
Pete Hoekstra, newly cast US ambassador to Canada, told CBC house In an interview aired on Saturday, the annexation legend “ends” despite Trump repeatedly saying he wanted to absorb Canada, including again during the Oval Office meeting on May 6.
“Continue. If Canadians want to keep talking about it, that's their business. I'm not talking about it, Donald Trump is not talking about it. We're too much on the plate because we all want to increase America's prosperity, security and security,” Hawkstra told owner Katherine Karen.
Hoekstra said the U.S. government will listen closely to “the content of the speech because it is the platform for the ruling party.” King Charles will give a speech Tuesday around 11 a.m. ET, which is expected to take 20 to 25 minutes.
Meet the people
Arriving at McDonald-Qatar International Airport at about 1:15 pm ET, Charles and Camilla will be welcomed by Gov. Mary Simon, Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney.
A rally will also be held at the airport for the Aboriginal State Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nippin area; Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed; and Metis National Council President Victoria Pruden.
The royal couple will also be welcomed by the Honorary Guard of the Royal Canadian Dragoon, the regiment of King Charles, the presidential colonel. The Canadian Armed Forces Band will also perform there.
From the airport, the king and queen of Canada will head directly to Lancedon Park in Ottawa, and before 2 p.m., they will meet with community members, vendors and local artisans as music and dance performers create a festive atmosphere.
The King will then participate in a ceremonial hockey demonstration for a street hockey demonstration.
The official duties today will then see the King and Queen travel to the Reedo Hall to attend the ceremony at 2:50 pm on the ground of the Governor's official residence.
The first day of this visit will end with a brief reception at each of the 10 Canadian provinces and lieutenants from the territorial commissioners from three northern regions. The king and queen will then meet with Carney and Simon before Camilla was sworn in and become members of the King's Privy Council of Canada.
How to watch Royal Visit
CBC News Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault will hold a live report on the first day of the royal visit, along with royal historian Carolyn Harris.
When King Charles leaves his mark here, CBC News will analyze the meaning behind each symbolic moment. That was on Monday ET (9:30 pm, 9:30 pm, 10:30 AM, MT, 11:30 AM CT, CT, NT 2 PM), CBC TV, CBC News Network and you are on CBC News: CBC Gem, CBC Gem, CBC Gem, cbcnews.caCBC News app, YouTube channel and smart TV.
CBC News Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton on Tuesday with Power and Politics Host David Cochrane will provide a special live report on the throne speech delivered by King Charles.
CBC News reports from CBC TV, CBC News Network, CBC News: CBC Gem, CBC News.ca, CBC News App, CBC News App, YouTube App, YouTube Channel and CBC News on your smart TV start at 9:00 am (7am, 8am, 10:30 am at NT, NT NT, NT NT 10:30 am).
CBC Radio also has live reports of speeches on the throne. Tune on Tuesday at 11 a.m. on CBC Radio, CBC Lister, Sirius and CBC News apps.
