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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a statement read at the opening of a session of Parliament by the Governor General, or at the opening of a provincial legislature (or, formerly, a colonial legislative council) by the Lieutenant-Governor, as representative of the Crown, reviewing the state of affairs and summarizing the legislation proposed for the session by the Cabinet.
Quotations
1830
This Speech, without the usual varnish of affection, is a plain, dignified and business-like production.
1953
Nothing was said in the Speech about going to war.