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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has promised to deliver “real change” to the country as part of a mandate to improve the lives of middle-class Canadians.

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The pledge came Friday as the government launched its parliamentary agenda with a throne speech with no surprises that zeroed in on some of the main planks from the Liberals’ election platform.

The throne speech was read by Gov. Gen. David Johnston in the Senate, as MPs and senators crowded into the chamber, accompanied by dozens of guests ranging from citizens and diplomats to former prime ministers Jean Chrétien, John Turner and Joe Clark.

“Canadians have been clear and unambiguous in their desire for real change,” Johnston read from the speech, as Trudeau sat beside him.