Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein Delivers Remarks at the Fondation Lafontaine-Cormier Annual Meeting

Montreal,Canada ~ Monday, October 22, 2018

Thank you, Senator Joyal for that generous introduction. I am grateful for the invitation to join you today.

Five years ago, I traveled to Quebec with my daughters. In Quebec City, we climbed the fortress walls, wandered through the Old City, relived history on the Plains of Abraham, toured the Citadel, and walked across Montmorency Falls.

We took a whale-watching cruise in the St. Lawrence River and spent a night at a First Nations Reservation.

In Montreal, we toured the Olympic Park, visited the Museum of Archeology, strolled through the Old City streets, enjoyed delicious crepes, and went on an amphi-bus tour. I remember passing this very building en route to Place Jacques Cartier.

On our final day, we stopped at a sugar shack and attended the magnificent Balloon Festival at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

One day that I spent touring Quebec is among the most memorable moments of my life. It was mostly about the opportunity to spend so much time alone with my children just before they reached adolescence. The fact that their smartphones did not get service here certainly helped. But it was in no small part a result of your province’s delightful warmth and charm. As Quebecois say, “Je me souviens.” I remember.

This is a distinguished audience, and I am honored by your presence. I particularly want to thank Chief Justice Hesler, Chief Justice Crampton, Chief Justice Bell, Chief Justice Richard, former Prime Minister Johnson, former Minister of Justice Cauchon, and United States Consul General Thomas.

I am also grateful to Justice Hilton for providing a superb tour of this beautiful building, now home to the Quebec Court of Appeal.

Montreal and Quebec hold special historical interest for me because my parents raised me in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, and my wife and I raised our children in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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