The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Honourable David C. Onley, will be visiting Cornwall on February 20. He will be visiting a number of community groups during the day, before attending the Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards and Citizen of the Year Banquet.
“It is a great honour to welcome The Queen’s representative in Ontario to Cornwall, one of the first communities to be settled in the Province,” said Mayor Bob Kilger. “Lieutenant Governor Onley has championed disability issues on many fronts and I know a lot of people are looking forward to meeting him.”
The Lieutenant Governor is scheduled to meet with the Children’s Aid Society, Municipal Accessibility Advisory Committee and the Boys & Girls Club on Saturday February 20. He will then attend the Chamber event in the evening.
When Lieutenant Governor Onley was appointed Ontario’s 28th Lieutenant Governor, his concern for people with disabilities became front page news. Having lived with polio and postpolio syndrome since the age of three, he has broken through social barriers and become a role model and champion for accessibility.
In his 22-year career with Citytv, he was Canada’s first senior newscaster with a visible disability. A popular news anchor, host/producer, science and technology specialist, and weatherman, he showed that ability outshines disability.
Lieutenant Governor to Visit Cornwall
Lieutenant Governor to Visit Cornwall
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