The picture of King Charles will finally replace the queen on Canada’s $20 invoice and its cash, the federal authorities introduced throughout Saturday’s coronation occasions.
A information launch from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal authorities has directed the Bank of Canada to replace the likeness of the late Queen Elizabeth II with King Charles III through the subsequent design course of. It has additionally tasked the Royal Canadian Mint with designing cash depicting the brand new monarch that will go into circulation.
Canada Post additionally launched its first common-circulation stamp that includes King Charles as monarch. It continues the company’s custom of issuing definitive stamps depicting the Canadian sovereign, courting again greater than 170 years.
The official stamp is unveiled by Donald Booth, proper, Canadian Secretary to the King, proper, and Jo-Anne Polak, Senior Vice-President, Corporate and Employee Communication at Canada Post throughout coronation celebrations in honour of King Charles III in Ottawa, on Saturday, May 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby.
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The federal authorities honoured the coronation of Canada’s new head of state, with a ceremony of its personal within the nation’s capital Saturday morning.
Elected officers and dignitaries attended the ceremony in Ottawa with speeches, musical performances and particular unveilings.
In a speech, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc spoke of the monarchy’s place in Canada.
“Millions of Canadians are witnessing the coronation of Canada’s sovereign for the first time in a country that is radically different from the one that witnessed the last coronation,” LeBlanc stated.
“But as Canada evolves, so do its institutions, and so does the monarchy.”
Leaders of federal events, together with the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh and the Conservative get together’s Pierre Poilievre, have been absent from the occasion.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen Mary Simon have been in London for the coronation, together with a Canadian delegation.
The Ottawa celebration included a various set of performers, together with an Algonquin conventional drum group, the Eagle River Singers, and a fusion Celtic group from Charlottetown, Inn Echo.
Pure gold and silver collector cash from the Royal Canadian Mint that mark the coronation have been additionally unveiled on the occasion.
Rideau Hall is open to the general public this weekend without cost actions, together with viewing a recording the coronation ceremony and musical performances by members of the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces.
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