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	Award-winning Quebec journalist Michaelle Jean, 48, is introduced to reporters on Parliament Hill Aug. 4 as Canada's next governor general. An immigrant from Haiti, Jean becomes the first black person to hold the office.
	Prime Minister Paul Martin officially announces the appointment of journalist Michaelle Jean as Canada's next governor general outside the Senate chamber August 4.
	Quebec journalist Michaelle Jean, 48 is to be sworn in as Canada's 27th governor general Sept. 27. She and her husband, filmmaker Jean-Daniel Lafond, and their six-year-old daughter Marie-Eden were introduced to reporters on Parliament Hill Aug. 4.
	Prime Minister Paul Martin says he isn't planning to call a fall election, but tells reporters on Parliament Hill Aug. 4 that the opposition might think differently. "I have said I will call an election 30 days after Mr. Justice Gomery submits his final report, that is my intention," he said.

	Ernest (Smokey) Smith received the Queen's Jubilee Medal from Veteran's Affairs Minister Rey Pagtakhan in Ottawa three years ago. Smith, Canada's last surviving winner of the Victoria Cross died Aug. 3 in Vancouver. He was 91. Prime Minister Paul Martin called Smith a remarkable Canadian and a man who "stood for courage and resolve at a time of great need."