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Official Languages Commissioner Raymond Théberge insists he has nothing against soon-to-be Governor General Mary Simon, despite her inability to speak one of Canada’s official languages: The Queen’s first Indigenous representative in Ottawa speaks English and Inuktitut, but less French than Her Majesty herself. “We all know what a great candidate she is, what a great Canadian she is,” Théberge insisted on CBC’s Power and Politics Tuesday evening, looking close to squirming. The investigation he announced this week into Simon’s appointment concerns only whether the Privy Council Office (PCO) respected the Official Languages Act in its advisory role on appointments, he said.