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David Johnston’s address to the crowd during the Canada Day noon show will likely be his last major national event.

After seven years pushing a message of inclusiveness and constant improvement, His Excellency will walk into history this fall as one of the country’s most able and beloved governors-general.

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The identity of his successor remains a closely-guarded secret but it is understood the person has already been chosen and that their identity will be revealed later in July — weeks ahead of the original schedule. The matter is likely to be raised when the Prime Minister meets the Queenin Edinburgh next week, ahead of the G20 summit in Germany.

This time there was no vice-regal advisory committee like the non-partisan group that recommended Johnston to Stephen Harper. Justin Trudeau will take his own counsel on the appointment.

When asked about it last year, Trudeau raised expectations the monarch’s next representative might be indigenous.