We are proud to announce that Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, CC CMM, COM, CQ, CD Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada has graciously accepted our request to become patron of the Last Post Fund. Before becoming Governor General, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette was an astronaut, engineer, scientific broadcaster and corporate director. She has received many distinctions and 28 honorary doctorates. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Knight of the Ordre national du Québec.