Posted AT 4:36 AM EDT on 08/05/08
France salutes the 'almost Queen of Canada'
PARIS — In her first state visit to France, Governor-General Michaëlle Jean has been extolled in the media as the "almost Queen of Canada" and a symbol of successful multiculturalism - and all in this decidedly anti-monarchist country where immigration is widely seen as a problem.
"I perceive my role as a kind of catalyst," she said in an interview yesterday. "And I find myself in that role here.
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