From royal tours to charitable work: What Queen Elizabeth did for Canada
Her first official tour as queen was in 1957 when she visited Ottawa and Hull.These include the opening of the first session of the 23rd Parliament in 1957, the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, Canada’s Centennial Anniversary in 1967, the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and the Proclamation of the Constitution Act in 1982.
However, when she visited Quebec in 1964, the queen faced French-Canadian protesters who objected to the royal tour. Some Canadian tours that were attached to her American tours were also significant in terms of showcasing relations between Canada and the United States, Harris said. During a visit to the Buckingham Palace in May 1977, Pierre Trudeau was walking behind the queen en route to dinner when he executed a pirouette, apparently an expression of disdain for the pomp and circumstance of the monarchy.
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