Colleagues, would you join with me in recognizing in the gallery, Mr. Robert Langdon, Knight of the Order of St. John and Chancellor of the Canadian Priory of St. John Ambulance, and his wife, Betty Langdon.
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Mr. Langdon is here to assist the Vice Prior Glenna Hansen with the 2001 Investiture, which will be held tomorrow in the Great Hall at 11:45 a.m. This will honour 12 Northerners and promote Commissioner Hansen to the rank of Dame of Grace; the first aboriginal Canadian to be knighted.
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The order believes that tomorrow's investiture will be the first in some 900 years to be held outside of a church or regal residence. In addition, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome someone accompanying them, David Connelly, the president of St. John Council for the Northwest Territories and for Nunavut. Welcome to our Assembly.
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