What to know about Louise Arbour, Canada's next governor general

"I accept the role with a deep sense of duty."

— Louise Arbour , Politician

"Arbour has held nearly every office a Canadian jurist can hold, and several that no Canadian has held before."

— Mark Carney , Politician

"Simon carried forward a lifetime of advocacy for Inuit rights, for indigenous self-determination."

— Mark Carney , Politician

"I will have an opportunity to have very in-depth conversations with Arbour in private on issues that affect Canada and the rest of the world."

— Mark Carney , Politician

"I don’t really know what that term is supposed to mean but voiced her support for the current system."

— Louise Arbour , Politician

"I will be the representative of the Crown in a constitutional arrangement that has served Canada extremely well throughout our history, even more in recent decades."

— Louise Arbour , Politician

"Louise Arbour will represent the best of Canada to Canadians and to the world."

— Mark Carney , Politician

"The strength of this country resides in stable institutions managed with wisdom and sustained through the desire for the wellbeing of our country and the planet."

— Louise Arbour , Politician

"Across more than five decades, in every role she has held, the honourable Louise Arbour has carried the same conviction: That a free society depends on institutions being properly held to account."

— Mark Carney , Politician

"Canada is shaped by a common respect for strong institutions and the rule of law."

— Louise Arbour , Politician

"I will accede to a function in which I will be the representative of the Crown in a constitutional arrangement that I think has served Canada extremely well throughout our history..."

— Louise Arbour , Politician